...for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.

A dear brother in Christ recently reached out to me prior to a Christian gathering about the possibility of including a land...

From the very beginning, God’s creation was designed to sustain and restore life. Long before modern medicine, divine wisdom was revealed through prophets and those who listened closely to God’s voice — showing that the earth itself holds medicine for those who seek the Creator’s guidance. In Anishinaabemowin, the word for medicine — mashkiki  — translates to “the strength of the earth.” This understanding mirrors biblical truth: healing comes through relationship — with God,

“If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together.” – 1 Corinthians 12:26 (NRSV) A History of Words That Could Not Heal Alone Since the 1980s, several Christian denominations in Canada have offered apologies to Indigenous Peoples for their role in the residential school system. The United Church of Canada  was first, in 1986, followed by the Anglican Church  in 1993, the Presbyterian Church  in 1994, and the Catholic Church  through

There is a growing urgency across Canada to strengthen the economy — especially as tariffs, trade disputes, and global instability threaten monetary wealth. Yet too often, “nation building” becomes synonymous with resource extraction and large-scale infrastructure projects. While governments may speak of reconciliation, their actions often bypass the meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples, ignoring commitments made through UNDRIP, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

When I was a child, I had a dream that has remained vivid throughout my adult years. I was walking through a field of sunflowers—their stems towering over my head, flowers golden, radiant under the sun. My father and several other adults were deep in conversation nearby, their voices drifting in the warm air. I wandered deeper into the field until I saw something that made me stop. A frail, old woman was crawling slowly along the ground. Her skin was dark—almost blue— it show

Creation in Circles From the beginning, creation has moved in circles. The sun arcs across the sky and returns again at dawn. The moon waxes and wanes, guiding tides and cycles of fertility. Seasons turn in rhythm — seed, growth, harvest, rest. In many Indigenous teachings, the circle is more than a shape — it is a worldview. The circle speaks of balance, wholeness, and sacred relationship. It reminds us that all things are connected: the seen and unseen, the physical and spi

In the Anishinaabe worldview, there exists a figure known as a contrary  — someone who appears to act backwards, say unexpected things, or challenge social norms. At first glance, the behaviour of a contrary can seem unsettling or confusing. Yet within the Indigenous worldview, their role is deeply sacred. They invite laughter, loosen rigid thinking, and reveal truths hidden beneath our assumptions. Contraries remind us that wisdom does not always arrive dressed in how societ

Throughout childhood, my father and his family often hunted, gathered and trapped. It was a way of life, a means of providing, so I grew up seeing animals both big and small that had been caught for food. Death wasn’t unfamiliar and not something that I gave much thought to. One day, I learned something far deeper than what life and death looked like—I learned what it meant to pray through pain. I have numerous memories before my school years of staying home and longing to go

When I was a little girl, my grandfather would come to visit from out of town and often during his stay he would invite me to join him on a car ride to the shops. On our way to our destination, he would point to different homes and ask ‘I wonder who lives there?’ We would look at the clues in the yard and he would then listen intently as my imagination made up stories of who it was that lived in our neighbourhood. Being a phenomenal story-teller that he was, I now know these

Someone close to me was involved in something that I perceived to be out of alignment with God’s Word and given the circumstances this individual was dealing with in their personal life, I knew that saying something had the potential to cause deep hurt and strain in our relationship. I brought this situation to God and during this conversation I expressed the many things that I was wrestling with: first, that I felt some responsibility to express my conviction based on my und

Since Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the term Reconciliation is a fairly common term used in government, faith communities, as well as businesses. Personally, I have observed how this Reconciliation is defined or actioned can be as varied as the spaces one finds oneself in. For Indigenous peoples, many would view Reconciliation as a process of healing which is achieved through acknowledgement of past harms that detrimentally impacted Indigenous peoples’ educati

The reliance on AI in the present is evident everywhere. Once one is familiar with different AI tools it is easy to spot its format, style and tone in social media and other published materials. My familiarity with AI began when exploring it as a means for image generation in order to move past permissions and copyright rules which can sometimes delay posts. As someone who blogs about Indigenous content, I quickly found the limitations of AI when asking to create Indigenous i

According to the National Inquiry into MMIWG, Indigenous women are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing than any other women in Canada, and 16 times more likely when compared to women of European descent. This violence is deeply rooted in colonialism and upheld by racism, marginalization and poverty. It is systemic in that it pervades the systems by which we live. In December 2022, we learned that four Indigenous women living in Winnipeg, Manitoba were believed

Not long ago, I was asked to submit a sample of my writing and was tasked to explain within the assignment what a certain Indigenous practice was to a "pretend" audience with limited knowledge of said practice. As someone who was familiar with the teachings of my grandparents and many Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, the easiest approach would have been to write down a simple explanation and submit the piece of writing. I admit that I sat with a 'blank page' in front of me for d

Some time ago, I spent a summer learning from different Indigenous Knowledge Keepers. The Elders would begin with a prayer each time we...

Romans 1:20 states “ For since the Creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made . ”(NKJV) This verse always excites me because I can see similarities in how I was taught to see the world by some of my Anishinaabe teachers. We were taught that everything Creator placed here was given a purpose and is interconnected – the animals, the land, the water, the moon, star and planets, etc. Just in the same way that the

Jude writes about three people who were religious, but not spiritual - Cain, Balaam and Korah. Due to the level of 'Church hurt' experienced in the body of Christ and elsewhere, I'm certain we have all encountered similar persons. These types of religious people will tithe, pray, go to church on Sundays, and do good works; however, these three are known of their destructiveness and their spiritual distance from our Creator. I was listening to a speaker discussing the dangers

There is a new designer label called ‘Ally’ making its way through reconciliation circles. While I am not necessarily questioning the...

As an Indigenous believer, I often struggle with a common narrative spoken in churches around God handing over this "New World" (a.k.a....