Monthly Archives: August 2010
Native America: Living on Fry Bread Alone? By Daniel Fan
I’m relatively new to the contemporary Native American experience, but I have attended several powwows and even an indigenous theological conference (NAIITS) and, so far I’ve only found one aspect of Native America that has been really difficult to sit with: fry bread. Continue reading
Katrina: Waiting for the National Conversation 5 Years After by Randy Woodley
It’s five years later and that national conversation on race and class in America that everyone talked about back then has never happened. We will talk about the New Orleans Saints, rebuilding efforts and Bourbon Street. We will even start … Continue reading
Converting the Missionaries Among Us: Lessons From Jesus in Luke 4 by Randy Woodley
The pattern of disregard for Native North American values by the dominant Euro-American society is evident.[1] As a result of these policies, mission practices among indigenous peoples continue to show little regard for indigenous values. Despite the long history of mission among Native Americans from a place of colonial values, our aboriginal cultures still reflect our core Native North American values. Continue reading
what I’m doing…
Spending a week and a half in Department Retreats, New Faculty Orientation Week and All Faculty Retreat for George Fox. I’m being retreated and oriented to pieces while missing my nephew’s wedding and other good times…sorry for the absence. Randy
The Wolf Ceremony
I wanted to give something of my past to my grandson. So I took him into the woods, to a quiet spot. Seated at my feet he listened as I told him of the powers that were given to each … Continue reading
Honest Hatred Under The Big Tent
By Randy Woodley O.K. If I am to be honest, I must confess! Sometimes I don’t feel like loving my neighbor. Let’s call this my “not-love” state. Yesterday, when asked to submit a blog for this site, I was in … Continue reading
Avatar: “It’s an Indigenous Thing” by Randy Woodley
After finally watching the viral You Tube of Mark Driscoll’s rant about how Avatar is “the most demonic, satanic movie” he has ever seen; (View at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cI5GxM4f50 ) after seeing Avatar three times and getting “choked up” three times; after … Continue reading
Who Wins When the U.S. Restricts Religious Freedom? by Jim Wallis
There is one thing the opponents of the Cordoba Initiative (that plans to build an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero) have in common with the Cordoba Initiative’s leadership: their clear condemnation and denunciation of terrorism. They are united in … Continue reading
