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"Look Mike," I said in my semi-serious voice, "the question should be 'What if Prince Charming had given up on Snow White – after all, she was in a deep dead-like sleep – and just simply moved on to the next available Princess?'" Mike's look was priceless. I think he even pinched himself to make sure he wasn't sleeping. "What?" he finally said. "What? What, what?" I answered, smiling of course. "What are you talking about?" "God's love. The topic we've been speaking about for...
Hello. I just have to say that I was very touched by an article I read in your paper by Naomi Knoles. I can relate to what she went threw because I have gone through the same thing. I am 29 years old serving a 40-year sentence for child neglect and battery. There’s not a day that I wish I could turn back the hands of time to go back and save myself and my daughter. You just don’t know how relieved I was to actually find a true story that I could relate to even though the circumstances are very different. I was 25 when my cri...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) established by the Canadian government has completed its mandate with the last of seven national gatherings in Edmonton, Alberta. Now the commission has the task of organizing over 8,000 interviews and writing their report which will reveal through testimony, research, and relevant documents, the history of Canada’s Residential Schools. The commission has reached a historic milestone and Canadians ought to eagerly await the results of their work. Over the last couple of years, a...
Most everyone who lives within winter's grasp will agree. This has been a long, cold winter. For those who live where snow lies on the ground for more than four months, it's been a lonely winter. In the upper Midwest and north of the 48th parallel, neighbors aren't seen for weeks at a time. Few want to venture out into the -30 or lower temperatures unless it is absolutely necessary. Winter for many often means feeling alone and isolated. Do you feel abandoned? Perhaps if not now, there may have been times in your life when...
IMPRESSED I am a Cherokee. My tribe is the North Eastern Arkansas and East Missouri Tribe. I have been incarcerated for four years now. A friend gave me a copy of Indian Life newspaper. I was really impressed with your paper. I have been a saved man for about five years. That’s why I really like the Indian Life paper. It is very good to read about other tribes and hear about what’s going on in the Free World. I don’t get much mail. I could use a pen pal if you happen to know anyone who might write a lonely Christian man. I am...
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By the way, how was your New Year's Celebration? Now that the celebrations are over and we've returned to a regular routine of living how do you feel about your life and the shape our world is in? At the conclusion of one year and beginning of the next, it's good to reflect back on where we were and where we're heading. For many, a New Year is nothing more than changing calendars. But it's also a good time to evaluate life's situations and what we need to change. Think of it...
"Brother Adrian! Brother Adrian!" Chavo was flagging me down and calling me from about half the prison yard away. I was headed back to work, but I decided to meet him halfway. Chavo is a new believer who has been in prison for over 20 years. He has never had any outside financial support from anyone. So the little he does have is well taken care of. It is clear and obvious that he is grateful for everything he has. Last week one of the other leaders blessed Chavo with a simple...
HATE MELTED AWAY I read the book called Thunder in Our Hearts, Lightning in Our Veins by Crying Wind. I took my time reading that book and it took me 6 days to read other than normally a book of 138 pages would take me a few hours to read. I followed the recommendation of Mr. Phil Callaway and the stories have truly turned my ways of seeing God and killed all my hatred for Him and everything He stands for. I don’t know why or how completely why this book and its stories got me to pray the prayer in the back of the book yet it...
Dream Guidance Bitter Tears had returned home to be with her family and to He Gives Sons, the man she was promised to in marriage. Before they came together he discovered that she was with child. Because he was a man of honor and did not want to disgrace her, he thought about secretly releasing her from the marriage promise. As he wondered about these things, a messenger from the Great Spirit appeared to him in a dream, and said, "He Gives Sons, son of Much Loved One, do not...
Country singer Toby Keith's song "God Love Her" and the video should be required material for all followers of Jesus. The video portrays a romance between a preacher's daughter and a motorcycle-riding "bad boy" universally feared by all good "fundamentalist" Christian parents. After receiving heated disapproval from her father, the girl decides to run away with the boy. The video starts with a white cross, and then moves to a wooden church in a country setting. Organ music...
SOLITARY I am writing you to ask if I might please start receiving your Indian Life newspaper. I know you charge for your wonderful newspaper but I am indigent and have no funds to give you. I do write poetry and also articles from time to time. I live in “Solitary Confinement” prison…I’ve been locked up “almost” 19 flat years and hope and pray to be home in about a year or so from now. I was wondering if I could be put on your mailing list for Indian Life and would be very happy to be receiving it and even share it with oth...
Each year at this time, we hear messages about hope, love, and peace. Between Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s, there are faint signs of brotherhood and “peace on earth.” This year, if there’s anything that’s pretty obvious, it’s the fact that love, peace, and hope, are in very short supply. Just take a look at the world around us. In the U.S., there has been so much bickering and discord that the federal government was forced to shut down because Congress and the White House could not come to a resolution on the budg...
Summer time is a time for adventure. Vacations, trips, visiting family, and reading. Some of our best times of reading are when we are on holidays. I discovered this to be true when my family and I spent a few days in the Cypress Hills of southwestern Saskatchewan in August. The Cypress Hills are sacred to North America’s Indigenous Peoples. Sacred because it was on this ground that innocent blood was shed in what has become known as the “Cypress Hills Massacre.” So what better way to spend several hours than to read some Nat...
I’m not a prophet. Or the son of one. But once I allowed someone to think I was. Well, allow me to explain... Ad-seg (the Hole), by law, must give each inmate the opportunity to go outside for exercise. However, in order to do this and yet keep security in place, the yard is no more than a basketball court-sized concrete slab, with 20 zoo-like cages. Four rows of five cages form the solution to the legal requirement. The staff calls them dog runs. Each cage is perfectly s...
It is said that a “Tattoo is an outward expression of what has been permanently tattooed on the mind.” Proverbs 23:7 tells us, “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” The number one all time tattoo—“Born Loser”. What is the enemy trying to permanently tattoo your mind with? Romans 12:2 states, “Do not be conformed to this world....” Our mind is bombarded daily with images of what the world thinks we should be. Our greatest battles are not what we may face physically or even spiritually, but the battles that wage between...
If you are a follower of Jesus and have been following recent news and trends in North America, you have probably found a number of issues and events that have caused concern. Here are just three that have come to my attention during the last few weeks. It’s been five years since Canada’s formal Apology to First Nations People. This was a very moving and historic event and one which brought many people to tears. Yet something happened and almost went unnoticed following the...
One of the most significant periods of the church calendar, and least celebrated or noted, is the 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead. He walked and talked in places where His ministry had been; He was seen in His restored body by thousands; He healed many; He continued to preach, He continued to love. And then He ascended to Heaven, taken up into the sky, which also was witnessed by others. We really should think more about these 40 days, and the significance of the...
It seems like North America has been on a roller coaster of emotions. The past six weeks have been incredible. During April and part of May there have been some profoundly traumatic events that have happened, particularly in the United States but also in Canada. Some were extremely sad and frightening, while others were miraculous and amazing. First there were the Boston Marathon bombings and then the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas. These were followed by the arrest of suspected terrorists planning to bomb a commuter...
At one or more times in our lives, we will all receive news that we did not expect nor want. But nonetheless we must accept, like it or not. Such a time occurred when I received a phone call from Wiconi International informing me that Richard Twiss had suffered a major heart attack. Richard was in Washington to attend the annual National Prayer Breakfast. The following day he was to meet with cabinet members at the White House. That was not to be. Three days later, we...
Due to an error in our mailing process, all the copies of our November-December 2012 issue addressed to Canadian subscribers sat in Canada Post’s processing plant for almost a month. We were unaware of this until we began getting calls from subscribers asking “Where’s my Indian Life?” We checked and were able to resolve the situation. Unfortunately, many did not receive their copy until after Christmas. We are very sorry for this and we’ll work to see that it doesn’t happen again. Thanks for your patience. If you still are w...
Ever thought of what it would have been like to wake up on January 1, 2013 (or any year) and find that everything was different? Not only was it a new year but everything was brand new. Watching the thousands gather on December 31 in New York City’s Times Square, at Niagara Falls, Canada, and thousands of other gathering places around the globe, you’d think that people were expecting exactly such a change to happen. And while it is another year, life hasn’t really changed for most of us. So if nothing really changes come...
The holidays that make this time of year so special are fast approaching. Our friend, Lipan Apache Hoop dancer and pastor Robert Soto, has made a tradition of counting down the days to Christmas throughout the year, starting the day after Christmas. For many, Christmas is celebrated with gladness and joy. For some, however, this can be a very sad and lonely time and one that people dread. Some find it difficult because they are alone, in prison or they have recently lost someone dear. Others are in their own prisons of...
A DIFFERENT VIEW Thank you so much for your response to my negativity. After reading your letter and re-reading the article in a different view, I can see where it is possible I misinterpreted the entire article. Reading it from the perspective you have said, I agree with “21st Century” worship. Even in prison, you see men come in, raise their hands as if worshipping, and midway through the worship service—“yard call” is announced and they immediately drop their hands and head outside. It is heart-wrenching in the least, to k...
We are at a crossroads! It is crisis time in America. In less than two months, Americans will be going to the polls to vote for the next President of the United States. They will also be choosing members of Congress, state governors, judges, council members, school superintendents—basically all those in authority. This is perhaps the most uncertain election Americans have ever faced—certainly in my lifetime. Not only uncertain about the election results but also the dir...
