8. Wise Words From Down Under

Raymond Minnicon or Ray or Uncle Ray, is a descendant of the Kabi Kabi nation and the Gurang Gurang nation of south-east Queensland. He is also a descendant of the South Sea Islander people, with deep and abiding connections to the people of Ambrym Island. He leads Scarred Tree, an Aboriginal, Torres Strait, and Australian South Sea Islander ministry based in St John’s Glebe, Sydney. I (Donnie) have heard Uncle Ray speak a few times, mostly at the NAIITS Symposium, and am always astounded by Ray's wise words. But, also bewildered because of how he and his people in Australia have suffered under their government for too long. My favorite quote from Uncle Ray is, "Reconciliation is reconciliation with other humans. But, it is also with our total environment, and the whole of the cosmos–the air, the land, the sea, the sun, the moon, everything that He created." https://www.theforgivenessproject.com/stories-library/ray-minniecon/