I mentioned how God had seeded his heart for America in my heart long before we were lead to move there. With Hilary it was the same.
Over 50 years ago she returned to Belfast from her QUB hockey tour in Canada with the picture below which now sits in her WeeOnesWear sewing room.
We were so delighted last week to receive a PBS documentary about our adopted daughter Raine and, how she is being used to bring a fresh breath of ‘spring’ life to traditional Dakota crafts and language on her home reservation. She embodies “The Soul of the Indian” in her own unique way creating the same beauty, Hilary’s picture above portrays.
To watch this excellent short film please click below…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnlAQcCU2tM
I believe the opposite to the spirit of ‘’show business’, in this land is the Spirit of ‘authentic love.’
That means it is usually hidden, always humble, and inevitably lived out in acts of sacrificial kindness.
Raine’s mother Fern is the moderator of the Presbyterian Dakota presbytery. When we first visited Pine Ridge reservation years ago the church seemed a lifeless space. A few weeks ago Fern brought us reports of another springing up of life at Wounded Knee as a number of those who have been homeless and fallen foul of addiction are finding a new purpose and way of life in sobriety and a faith community! A young man called Abram is being used to pioneer this expression of “authentic love.’
In response to my last blog I also discovered one of my readers has been bringing help to Kyle regularly and the local pastor has now invited him and us to do an open air concert and meal in the town this summer!
0n the flight over I was prompted to watch 2 movies. ‘A Haunting in Venice’ is the latest offering from Kenneth Branagh of ‘Belfast’- both the place and the movie.
The brilliance of the Hercule Poirot detective story is how in the plot every detail is woven together in the end. The same is true for the real life story Father has scripted for each one of us.
As the credits were rolling at the end, I couldn’t believe my eyes when this name appeared…..
Remember I just posted that the ‘pole of inaccessibility in North America’ is between Kyle and Allen, – our name and Brad’s name?!
Even the ‘Haunting’ in the name of the movie reflects my comments about how God is now answering the prayers of those who were involved there at Wounded Knee 134 years ago in the ‘Ghost Dance!
The second movie I was prompted to watch was ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ which tells the story of how the native Osage people were exploited when oil was discovered on their land in Oklahoma.
Again as I watched I was taken aback when the name of the main character in the true story surfaced…..
Mollie Kyle.
Why Mollie Kyle, was the name of my favorite auntie in Belfast!
In such wonderful ways all our personal stories are scripted to dovetail as a part of The Big Story.
The heart of The Big Story we remember this weekend when out of the apparent defeat of death Jesus snatched victory as he springs to life again.
As I pondered the significance of ‘the pole of inaccessibility.’ I realized this is where Jesus went after he died. As the creed states…
‘He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.’
In rising we read in Ephesians, “He lead captivity captive.”
As the song on the last blog said,
There is now nowhere that the love, the blood, and the grace of Jesus does not extend……..even to the place Father lead us to for dinner last night🙂
Absolutely Amazing Grazin! 🙂
The timing of this trip enables us to pass on a Kyle ‘Easter’ tradition to our Belfast grandkids. Click below to hear me tell the tradition…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNj2F0AWcI8
And click here for the song……..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcvLS_FtTOs
