Beautiful Li’l Mama

Council Fire · Sep 23, 2026 · 2m

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 (NIV) I asked my “Beautiful Li’l Mama,” who is a respected elder, “What is something that you would like to tell our people?” She paused and gathered her thoughts, and this is what she shared with me: “I want our people to know that all those awful things that happened to us in residential schools were done by people who claimed to represent God, but they weren’t. God didn’t do those things to us—it was people.” I see so many of our people blaming God. I used to be…