Listening to Native Voices by Rev. Margaret Bullitt Jonas

Hundreds of people – including leaders and elders of Native American tribes from across the U.S. – assembled under a large tent at Agape, a Christian community…

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The Power of Female Energy by Elena Creef

I didn’t know until I arrived at Agape how much I needed to be in the healing company of like-minded individuals…

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Women Are Keepers of the Water by Beatrice Menase Kwe Jackson

According to the Anishnawve migration story, we always thought the East Coast Indians would come out west to do ceremony with us.  But that never happened.

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Cangleska Wakan – The Sacred Hoop by George Aguiar

Recently, in a phone conversation with Suzanne and Brayton, I was sharing with them how wonderful my experience of this St Francis…

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Finding Community by the Water: A Reflection on Saint Francis Day at Agape by Oliver Mesmer

Agape’s Francis Day brings people together from all for the purpose of peace. I came to help lay the groundwork for the event to run smoothly, arriving,…

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The Native Drum Beckons by Skip Schiel

After parking and walking and lugging, I approach Agape, hear the drum, then smell the sweet grass.  I am smudged…

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Sacred Transformations by David Perkins

A weapon of words is consumed by the flame;/a document to dust, denouncing its claim./Out of ashes now grows a tree;/ a pine for peace, a transformation…

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We Are All One Humanity by Peggy McNew

I am a member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of southwest MI.   Water is important to the…

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Men Were Protecting Women with their Hearts by Molly Scott

“I was touched by the local, tribal stories and the women’s prayer ritual when the men were called, as in…

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A Call to Defend the Sacred by Jim Robinson

On the Friday before St. Francis Day, I rolled down the familiar final stretch of Greenwich Road with my friend Ryan Elwood, excited to arrive at Agape after a…

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