RainSong First Nations Music & Storytelling

06/02/2025

In May of 2025 Terry and Darlene traveled to Ireland to honor the story of the Choctaw and the Irish... more to come soon.

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving. One of the things we are giving thanks for is the FNV edition of Birth of the Chosen One, published by InterVarsity Press. Today, on RainSong's YouTube channel, we are releasing the art from Hanna and Holly Buchanan, along with a song by Terry and Darlene Wildman. Enjoy and share!

This song, When the Creator Came Down, is by RainSong, Terry and Darlene Wildman. This video was created by Terry Wildman from the art of Hannah and Holly Bu...

11/18/2024

Birth of the Chosen One is a finalist for the IVP 2024 Readers' Choice Award! Now, through this Wednesday, anyone can vote, not only for this book but also for other books in other categories. Please vote!

Recognize your favorite books from the past year in IVP’s 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards!

10/24/2024

https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/president-biden-to-make-historic-apology-for-federal-indian-boarding-school-system

BREAKING NEWS. President Joe Biden plans to issue a historic apology for federal Indian boarding schools that forcibly stripped Native children of their languages and culture over 150 years in a systematic campaign of assimilation.

10/10/2024

For all my new Facebook friends, check out our music!

Terry and Darlene Wildman are the Grammy Nominated and Nammy Award Winning musical duo RainSong. We write and record all our own songs and music. A blend of folk and rock with Native American instruments and melodies.

10/08/2024

In August, Darlene and I visited the Lanier Theological Library and Learning Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. David B. Capes invited us there for a couple of days while we were in the Houston Area for another event. He gave us a tour of the campus and the over 100,000-book theological library. He entered the First Nations Version-New Testament as the first book in the Indigenous section of the library, with a commitment to growing the Indigenous theological section in the future. While there, he interviewed me for another Stone Chapel Podcast introducing the FNV Psalms and Proverbs. It's a good interview where you can listen to Psalm 42 and some of our council's translation decisions. You can listen to the 20-minute podcast at this link. Check it out and share it!

Terry Wildman joins David Capes again on The Stone Chapel Podcast. He is an indigenous church leader who makes his home in Phoenix, along with his wife, Darlene. He led the effort to create the (InterVarsity Press). You can hear David’s and Terry’s conversation about that here. Now, Terry and th...

10/07/2024

Publishers Weekly released an article about the First Nations Version today, October 7th, in anticipation of the Advent/Christmas season. The article is connected to the newly released Birth of the Chosen One from InterVarsity Press. Publishers Weekly sent me a list of questions reflected in this article titled Language of the Heart. Check it out and share it to spread the word!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/96082-pw-studio-first-nations-bible-and-children-s-book-told-to-resonate-with-indigenous-peoples.html

09/30/2024

We are in solidarity with Orange Shirt Day in Canada to remember and pray for healing and reconciliation with the First Nations who have suffered under the colonial residential school systems. Please read the link in the thread below for more understanding.

PS: My hand/heart was pitiful but heartfelt!

09/26/2024

09/25/2024

Hey, fellow good road walkers! IV Press has published a new First Nations Version children's book. We need your help to get the word out and give some good feedback. If you have ordered or received a copy of this book and like it, please take 5 minutes to write a review. Right now, we only have two 5-star reviews. Please help us get 50 by Saturday!!!

Birth of the Chosen One: A First Nations Retelling of the Christmas Story