Installation of Rev. Dr. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard at Navajo Lutheran MissionELCA Grand Canyon Bishop Steve Talmage calls for humble approach in working with tribeBishop Talmage acknowledges God was at work with Navajo long before missionaries arrived(Rock Point, Arizona) - The fourth video on the Installation of Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Deborah Haffner Hubbard at the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission (NELM) in Rock Point, Arizona by Bishop Steve Talmage of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Grand Canyon Synod.Bishop Talmage installed the Hubbards on Sun., June 7, 2009.In this video, Bishop Steve Talmage talks Navajo medical milestones like Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, who in 1994 was the first Navajo woman to be board certified in surgery. (See photo collage below)“I believe there is a need to maintain Jesus’s spirit of humility in seeking to discover the bridges that can be made and even crossed between the cultures and histories that exist in this place,” Bishop Talmage told those gathered for the Installation Service.“In our less than perfect history of over 50 years of ministry at Rock Point, those who have come from the outside have struggled to be humble, patient and willing to recognize the need to discover how God has already been at work among the people here,” Bishop Talmage said.“Love the stranger, love the neighbor and a friend with an open heart - with the open heart that Jesus has for all of God's children," said Bishop Talmage of the effect of the mission and school on those who do not know Jesus.Bishop Talmage's message of humility and realization that God has long been a part of the Navajo culture even before missionaries resonates with Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard, who became executive director of the Navajo Lutheran Mission in the spring of 2009 and has a been an outspoken advocate for Christian respect for the American Indian culture and traditions.While still following the...