Don’t forget warriors, in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with our Great Chief and Captain. And the Word was our Great Chief and Captain. He was with our Great Chief and Captain in the beginning. Through him (Creator Yahweh) all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. This Word, this Creator Yahweh is the One our people have long known as Creator. But now we can know him, not only as Creator of all things that we see and do not see, but also as the One who creates new life within our own souls. Now we can know him, not only as The Great Spirit, who is out there somewhere, far beyond us, or someone we meet on the Sacred Mountain of vision quests, but also as The Spirit in whom we live and move and have our being.

Now we can know him, not only as The Spirit who indwells all things, but also as The Holy Spirit who dwells right inside of us. He is the great I Am. He rings out through time, through eternity, through past and future, forever. “I Am”—The Great Spirit, Creator, of whom our forefathers caught a glimpse. “I Am” Creator Yahweh. Messiah. Redeemer.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is John 1:9-14. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

Photo by Sandy Cathcart at the Restoration Powwow, Chiloquin, Oregon, 2014)