The long shadow of colonization brought my people Catholic Christianity, and in that history it became the dominant spiritual framework around me, overlaying but never fully replacing ancestral connections to the earth and the cosmos. Over time, this tension opened a path of questioning, reflection, and the slow work of decolonizing my understanding of the sacred. Along the way, earth-based spiritual practices and ancestral wisdom have deepened my relationship with Kind Spirit and my celestial family who accompany and guard my path. This is a reflection on how Kind Spirit has found me and what that encounter continues to mean in my life here at this church and beyond.
