They are trying to look to Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of our faith. In the Native worldview there is no in or out, everyone in the circle is necessary. The gift and function of each person are necessary for the benefit of the whole family of human beings and those that walk, crawl, swim, and fly. We are all relatives. It is this wisdom of compassion, seeing things in their balance, that is so significant in turning aside illusions of scarcity and bringing peace to our own hearts.
Peace comes from honoring our squabbles but staying in communion with one another.
Or if you want some wisdom from closer to home, I offer you this poem written by Kenneth Ware almost exactly one year ago. It is entitled Calling . It is my calling to speak to the people I listen to those things they seem to believe, so that when they hear them, they brighten their faces, and they know that they knew all along what I spoke to them, but never so clearly. I am called also to make from the ugliness I meet some things that are beautiful, so that when they are seen as it were through my windows, though marks may remain of seams and gnarled roots they will glow truly. We have Jesus to follow, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who hired a bunch of unlikely people to change the world, telling us by doing so that the world is not perfect, it will be flawed and full of division, but in God peace is possible, a peace that passes all understanding, a peace that comes even in the midst of the confusion and instability.