The Storyteller

"We prayed and we prayed, and I really meant it. God had drawed me that night. He had touched my heart, made me want to accept him, made me want to have a life that I saw Christians have. When I got up, I knew that there'd been a change in my heart, there'd been a change in my life. Them old programs that didn't help me, well Christ done what they couldn't do. The bottle was taken away from me. I believe, one time after that, I tried to take up that bottle again, but God wouldn't let me...

Have you ever felt wicked because of what someone else did to you? Winnie knows what it's like. How about losing someone close to your heart? She's been there too. She was a broken woman. But she's different now.

One day Richard's brother told him that he was ready to meet the Lord. Richard wondered how this could be. He wanted to be sure that he was ready too. But his brother didn't tell him how to be ready. Listen as Richard tells of his quest to be ready to meet his maker.

Alcohol really took a toll on his family, but for Ralph, it never took hold of him. What is it that made him different? Was it fate? Was it the choices that he made? Listen in as Ralph shares the rest of his story.

His grandparents originally lived in Iowa, but were relocated to Oklahoma to the Sac and Fox reservation. There they were given land and settled. Ralph grew up in Shawnee, but spent quite a bit of time with his grandmother on the reservation. She was a significant influence in his life.

We all stand in need of forgiveness. If we are honest with ourselves, we can see our mistakes and failures. We can identify the regrets in our lives. What do we do with them? Bill shares the confidence that he has regarding these things.

Bill is a Cree from northern Alberta. He was born and raised in the Whitefish Lake Cree Nation. Bill talks candidly about his faith in Jesus and then goes on to tell the story of how he came to an awareness that he had a spiritual need.

Shawn was close to his grandfather, who had a profound impact on his life. But there was someone else who would have an even greater impact on Shawn... someone who would change his life forever.

"You know, I never experienced a father in my life, so I would just turn to many different things, like boys and drugs and alcohol, just to fill myself, but, you know, it wasn't filling; it would just leave me lonely in the end."