Lead with Storytelling | First Nations Psalms and Proverbs Author Interview w/ Terry Wildman

What happens when sacred stories are retold through the rhythm, language, and worldview of Indigenous peoples?

In this deeply moving conversation, Terry M. Wildman—lead translator, general editor, and project manager of the First Nations Version and the newly released First Nations Psalms and Proverbs—joins Lead with Storytelling to explore how translation and storytelling can become acts of healing, reconciliation, and revelation.

Terry, who is of Ojibwe and Yaqui heritage, shares the decades-long journey behind the First Nations Version—a translation of Scripture that reflects the beauty, humility, and relational worldview of Native oral traditions. From his early years serving among the Hopi to leading a diverse translation council, Terry’s story reveals how faith and culture can meet in harmony rather than conflict.

Together, we explore:

🌿 The spiritual and cultural roots of the First Nations Version

🌿 The power of language to shape identity and deepen understanding

🌿 The humility and responsibility of translating sacred texts

🌿 How Indigenous storytelling reimagines Scripture as living story

🌿 Gender, harmony, and the balance of Creator’s attributes

🌿 Creation stories, wisdom traditions, and shared truths across cultures

🌿 Why translation is not just about words—but about listening, honoring, and relationship

Terry also reflects on what it means to approach translation as a sacred calling—one that invites readers to see God’s story alive in every culture, tongue, and people.

This episode is for storytellers, translators, theologians, and anyone who has ever wondered how the divine speaks through language, heritage, and imagination.

🎧 Listen and watch now to rediscover the beauty of story as sacred bridge.

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