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February is often touted as a month of roses, chocolate, and appreciation, but for many, it can be much less colorful. For you, the month of love might be another 28 days of loneliness, and oftentimes grief. 

You might feel like your losses become newly refreshed, and an empty house feels more empty. Loneliness and grief share far more connections than many often talk about – including both increasing the risk of substance abuse, decreased immune function, talk of suicide, and depression triggered by dark nights and overcast days. 

But you can discover how to move from feeling isolated and move towards being connected to other followers of Jesus. Listen up! You can know that God loves you and you are not alone.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter by scrolling down the webpage past the list of episodes, type your name and email address, respond to the email prompt, and be ready to receive my newsletter.
• Follow me on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Listen to Pastor Craig Groeschel. If you ever asked, "Why would God love someone like me?" If you’ve ever asked this question, if you’ve ever felt insignificant, too bad, too small, too needy, this message about the love of God is for you.
• Watch a short tiktok video about the power of hugs by Ed Mylett
• Read more insights about the power of hugs from Isabel Londono from the Megan Bebenek Foundation
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when we address how you can move from isolated to feeling connected.  

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If you feel like you lack motivation or need a jump-start for your faith this year, I encourage you to consider discovering your One Word Theme.

A One Word Theme can "create clarity, power, passion and life-change. The simple power of One Word is that it impacts all six dimensions of your life – mental, physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, and financial," says Jimmy Page one of the authors of One Word That Can Change Your Life.

I have benefited from a One Word Theme. I believe you can too. Find motivation to move forward in your spiritual life as Natives who Follow Jesus.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Check out the One Word Theme on Jimmy Page's website: onewordchallenge.com
• Listen to a 60-minute Video where Jimmy Page is interviewed by Susie Larson on her webpage MyFaithRadio.com to learn more about the One Word Theme.
• Get your One Word Action Plan to get started
• Start the One Word That Will Change Your Life devotional at YouVersion
• Check out the bios of Natives: We Are Still Here complied by Dana Hedgpeth and Rachel Hatzipanagos for The Washington Post. Scroll through the bios and be inspired.
• Follow Josh Hillis on Instagram @run_joshie_run13 for inspiration and how to follow Jesus in your area of expertise
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episodes in February when we address how you can move from living in fear to live out love.

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National events like Martin Luther King Day or a Presidential Inauguration can overshadow your life. You can feel like their stories are so great or so famous. You may even feel very small.

But, don't despair. Your life story matters. No matter how small or insignificant you may feel, you have a story to tell. You have a life to be proud for living. In Christ, you can share a story that can influence others in a positive way.

In this episode, discover how Natives who follow Jesus can serve others with love, how Natives who follow Jesus can tell their own individual and unique story. The story of Indigenous People who follow Jesus is not finished. You get to add chapters to the unfolding story.  You can live a life that tells an amazing story as you follow Jesus. You never know where your story will take you.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter by clicking link, scrolling down below the list of episodes, find the email sign up form, and complete sign up.
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• "Everybody Can Serve" quote by Rev Martin Luther King, from his his 1968 "The Drum Major Instinct" sermon.
• Birchbark Books webpage for book, "We Are Still Here: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell. Illusrated by Frane Lessac
• Global Leadership Network Youtube Channel, Episode 150: The Superpower we all have (but don't always use) Storytelling Expert, Kindra Hall, September 24, 2024.
• Share your story with me [email protected]
• Follow Billy and Brianna Tallas on webpage, Facebook or on Instagram @billy.tallas
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode of Natives Follow Jesus.

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As you begin a new year, you may wonder how to jumpstart your faith for what the new year may bring.  Whether you are curious about what it means to follow Jesus, a new follower of Jesus, or someone who has decided to follow Jesus awhile ago, you can jumpstart your faith with a New Year beginning.   

“Seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7)."

Never forget: God is able to break through even the most stubborn barriers of unbelief, and bring hope and new life to all who sincerely seek Him. Jesus’ promise is true: Seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter by clicking link, scrolling down below the list of episodes, find the email sign up form, and complete sign up.
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Read the Bible today. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association offers insight for a fresh start this new year.
• National Museum of the American Indian website offers the importance of oral traditions, storytelling for Indigenous Peoples.
• Share your story with me [email protected]
• Follow Philip & Tawny Staib who are mobilizing Christian students from Word Of Life New York to serve in Brazil in April 3-13, 2025. @tawnsjojostaib on Instagram
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when we address how you can make a fresh start learning how to pray to God, the Creator.

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"Things which do not grow and change are dead things." Louise Erdich, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, offered this quote that you need to read, to hear, and to understand about starting new things. She challenges you to be alive by growing and changing.

In this episode of Natives Follow Jesus, I share how you can live abundantly or slowly die and fade away. Engage this episode to discover how you can find new intention or a renewed purpose for the year ahead.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter by scrolling down past episodes to email sign up.
• Follow Host, Daron Butler on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Read Emmaline Soken-Huberty's article who posted Louise Erdich’s quote in her list, “15 Inspiring Quotes from Indigenous Peoples” online
• The Bible Recap read through the Bible in One Year resource, Start Page.
• One Word that Will Change Your Life, A 4-Day Devotional from YouVersion to discover the one-word that God has for you. I believe this process can help your walk with Jesus
• Read biography of Jim Thorpe on the official website of Jim Thorpe
• Read the article of Native Mending The Soul Workbook available from Indian Bible College (soon to be Indigenous Bible College--read IBC newsletter). Click link above. Scroll down to download The IBC Epistle. Read the article.
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when we address how you can discover the benefit of prayer and fasting in your spiritual life as you follow Jesus.

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You may feel like the New Year brings more fears than freedom. You may fear that the New Year will only bring the worse from this past year repeating the negative experiences of the past. You may be afraid of what next year may bring.  You might feel anxious, overwhelmed, or paralyzed. 

But, I believe there is hope!

In this episode, I want to offer you some hope for the future. I want to give you hope that the New Year can bring good things for your walk with Jesus. I want to look back to move forward as you follow Jesus into the New Year.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter
• Follow Natives Follow Jesus on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Watch Kids Song, "Read Your Bible, Pray Everyday" on Harvest Kidz Online YouTube Channel.
• Read the Bible more resource: The Bible Recap, Tara-Leigh Cobble. I have used this resource the past two years. I recommend this resource.
• Read the Bible more resource using the book of Proverbs: "First, read the chapter of Proverbs that matches the day’s date: chapter 1 on the first day of the month, chapter 2 on the second, chapter 3 on the third, and so on. Proverbs has 31 chapters, and seven months of the year have 31 days, so your reading schedule those months is straightforward. In months that have 30 days, I read chapters 30–31 on the last day. In February, I read chapters 28–31 on the last day." From "Why You Should Read Psalms and Proverbs Daily," Influence Magazine Online.
• Pray the Bible resource, "How Do I Pray the Bible?" Interview of John Piper, on DesiringGod.org Audio transcript provided in post.
• Listen to George Jones sing, "I Know A Man Who Can," on YouTube
• Read prayer on blogpost, "A Prayer for One Impacted by Trauma," on Perspective Ministries Blog, Founder & Executive Director, Lori Apon.
• Listen to "Thanks to You" episode
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when we address how you can move from feeling alone to feeling that you belong. 

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I believe Natives who Follow Jesus can “speak the truth in love” when it comes to history in the Americas and Christianity today. In four episodes I will be talking about Myths of Native America and Misconceptions of Christianity.  Since I live in both worlds as a Navajo who is a Christian, I believe that I can add unique insight and perspective to the myths and misconceptions that I have chosen.

So let me briefly address my take on a myth of Native America and a misconception of Christianity in today’s episode: 

• Christianity is White Man's Religion?
• Christianity is prejudice.

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Read summary of book, God is Red, by Vine Deloria Jr. from Fulcrum Press
• Post by Molly Adams, "Four generations of Indigenous scholars discuss 'God is Red,'" Lawrence, KS Times Students, faculty and guests spoke throughout the week about what “God is Red” has meant to them. Many of the speakers touched on the collision between Western and Indigenous worldviews, experiential learning, and spirituality.
• Book Review of God Is Read book by Frederic & Mary Ann Brussant at SpiritualityAndPractice.com
• Read summary of book, Whiteman's Gospel, by Craig Smith at IndianLife.Org
• Book review of Whiteman's Gospel by Craig Smith at goodreads.com
• Read review of book, More Than A White Man's Religion, by Abdu Murray at Gospel Coalition Canada. Levi Friesen offers a balanced critique
• Read article, "Is Christianity a White Man's Religion?," by Claude Atcho at Gospel Coalition US Edition
• Peruse Mohakum Discipleship Ministries Wordpress post, "Empowering Native Christians For Discipleship."
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when I will offer insights from the launch of this podcast and to share my vision for the future episodes in the new year.

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I believe Natives who Follow Jesus can “speak the truth in love” when it comes to history in the Americas and Christianity today. In four episodes I will be talking about Myths of Native America and Misconceptions of Christianity.  Since I live in both worlds as a Navajo who is a Christian, I believe that I can add unique insight and perspective to the myths and misconceptions that I have chosen.

So let me briefly address my take on a myth of Native America and a misconception of Christianity in today’s episode: 

• Indian Casinos Make All Indians Rich?
• Christianity is no fun, it's all legalistic!

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• Read full document--Adam Crepelle, Managing Fellow of the Native American Law Policy Institute, who wrote in The Gonzaga Law Review in the Spring of 2021, “The Per Cap Conundrum: Governance, Culture, and Incentives.”
• Post by Siletz Casino Project, "Five Things You Should Know About Tribal Casino Revenue," from siletz.org
• Article Barnes' Notes On The Bible online at The Bluehub Bible, "1 John 5:3 Commentaries."
• Post "Navajo String Game" at gomyson.com You can click the dropdown menu to pick a design to see
• Post "Navajo String Games" at NavajoCodeTalkers.ORG You can check out design videos on this webpage
• Follow Faa on Instagram @feenfaa
• Peruse GROW [Grace Refuge Outreach Worldwide] website
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when I will address Myth--Are Jesus & Native Americans Mutually Exclusive?; and Misconception--Why is Christianity prejudice?

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I believe Natives who Follow Jesus can “speak the truth in love” when it comes to history in the Americas and Christianity today. In four episodes I will be talking about Myths of Native America and Misconceptions of Christianity.  Since I live in both worlds as a Navajo who is a Christian, I believe that I can add unique insight and perspective to the myths and misconceptions that I have chosen.

So let me briefly address my take on a myth of Native America and a misconception of Christianity in today’s episode: 

• Did Columbus discover America?
• Once you become a Christian, God will solve all your problems?

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• View the Columbus Monument inscription: Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001699850/
• Post by Central Park Conservancy, "The Columbus Circle Monument"
• Article by Royal Museum Greenwich , "Christopher Columbus"
• Article National Museum of the American Indian,"Unlearning Columbus Day Myths"
• Article on Vikings Arrived 500 years before Columbus, "The Real Story: Who discovered America"
• Article about Christopher Columbus exploits lauded, "Five Myths About Columbus"
• Article about how Columbus became the symbol of the founding of America, "We All Know that Columbus Didn't Discover America--So How Did He Become a Symbol of It's Founding," by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
• Article of Navajo Artist, Dustin Quinn Martin, "Point Lips, Not Fingers"
• Follow Josiah Butler on Instagram @siah_b_69
• Peruse Indian Bible College website
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when I will address Myth--Indian casino make all Indians rich?; and Misconception--Christianity is no fun, only legalistic

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I believe Natives who Follow Jesus can “speak the truth in love” when it comes to history in the Americas and Christianity today. In the next four episodes I will be talking about Myths of Native America and Misconceptions of Christianity.  Since I live in both worlds as a Navajo who is a Christian, I believe that I can add unique insight and perspective to the myths and misconceptions that I have chosen.

So let me briefly address my take on a myth of Native America and a misconception of Christianity in today’s episode: 

• Did the Indians welcome the Pilgrims at the First Thanksgiving?
• Why is Christianity full of hypocrites?

LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Sign up for monthly newsletter
• Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus
• View the painting--Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, Artist. The first Thanksgiving/ J.L.G. Ferris. Massachusetts, ca. 1932. Cleveland, Ohio: The Foundation Press, Inc. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001699850/
• Article by Teddy Barbier, "The 'First Thanksgiving' by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris"
• Post by Brian D. Butler, "The Myth of Thanksgiving" where he reviews the work of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker, All the Real Indians Died Off, Myth 4.
• Nell Srinath, "The Genocidal Myth of Thanksgiving" repost from The Daily Campus.COM
• Follow Billy Tallas on Instagram @billytallas
• Peruse church plant website for Billy & Brianna Tallas: tallasmission.com
• Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com

Join us for the next episode when I will address Myth--Columbus Discovered America?; and Misconception--Once you become a Christian, God will solve all your problems.