"The Unknown Jesus" Preached at the 2016 Pow Wow

A sermon by Rev. J R Norwood, PhD

Delivered outdoors at the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Powwow on June 12, 2016

"Not Good Enough" - Preached at the 2016 Spring Gathering

A sermon by Rev. J R Norwood, PhD

Delivered at the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Spring Tribal Gathering Worship on May 22, 2016

Chief Quiet Hawk's Thoughts on Religion & Spirituality

Religion and spirituality Is there a difference? Can we find a difference? It is the process, it has always been the process or the reason why.

Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Families and the Blessings that We Share

Reflections on Blessings by Chief Gould

          Forty years ago the family unity that our ancestors fought so hard to keep seamed to dwindle. We had no idea what the Creator had in store for us. When we started to reunite our families we had no direction, we just had a dream, a vision to bring our Lenape families back together.

“Scheyichbi? What is That?”

by Dr. JR Norwood

Originally published in the Newsletter of the Greater New Jersey Conference of the United Methodist Church

Have you ever heard of Scheyichbi?  You may not have heard the word, but you know the place.  It is the location of most of the Greater New Jersey Conference.  

PDF Book on Ministry Challenges among the Nanticoke-Lenape Communities

THE HISTORICAL IMPACT AND CURRENT CHALLENGES OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AMONG THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THE DELAWARE BAY REGION

We Have Come this Far by Grace

by Rev JR Norwood, PhD

For many people, the presence of tribulation means the absence of God's grace.  But, this could not be farther from the truth.  In this sermon from April 27, 2014, Pastor Norwood is preaching at the Harmony United Methodist Church of Millsboro, Delaware, on the occasion of their Native American Sunday observance.  He speaks about the fact that the presence of difficulty does not necessarily mean the absence of grace.

We Have Come This Far By Grace - 2 Corinthians 4:5-10