# Episode 85: Counting Blessings--Celebrating Birthdays and Spiritual Milestones as Indigenous Followers of Jesus

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Podcast: [Natives Follow Jesus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/natives-follow-jesus-7072948)
Published: 2026-06-02T01:15:00+00:00
Episode link: https://natives-following-jesus.captivate.fm/episode/episode-85-counting-blessings-celebrating-birthdays-and-spiritual-milestones-as-indigenous-followers-of-jesus
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Duration seconds: 1690

## Resource

SHOW NOTES: Birthdays are more than getting older. They’re reminders that the Creator carried us another year. This week on Natives Follow Jesus, we talk about celebrating birthdays as Indigenous followers of Jesus — and why spiritual milestones matter too. Celebrate: your healing your sobriety your baptism your growth your survival your journey with Jesus Some victories are quiet…but they still matter deeply. Walk in beauty, relatives. LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE: Sign up for monthly newsletter. Click sign up link, scroll down to email form, complete form, respond to email prompt, and get my newsletter. Join the movement on Instagram @nativesfollowjesus Send me an email at nativefollowsjesus@gmail.com to connect with me or to ask me a question. Thanks. Give a review of this podcast on Podchaser.com Join us for the next series where we confront harmful stereotypes, reclaim identity, and follow Jesus with honesty, integrity, humor, and dignity.

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