UnSettling Our Faith

Listening. Learning. Leading youth toward justice.

Jason Miller-Villegas

A 6-week journey of truth-telling, healing, and restorative solidarity

Unsettling Our Faith, created for the BeADisciple Study App, is a six-week study that helps groups explore how we can decolonize our Christian discipleship through Scripture, Indigenous wisdom, and embodied practices. Designed for youth leaders and students to learn side-by-side, this experience centers truth-telling, restorative solidarity, and practical steps toward justice—without requiring prior expertise.

This study is available on the app now!

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$18 for leaders (lifetime use)   |   $12 for participants (one-time use)

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About the Author

Rev. Jason Miller-Villegas

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jason was raised in a multiracial family and has tried to reconnect and reckon with his European (Spanish, English, French, and Scottish) and Native American (Chichimeca) ancestry. He holds a deep love for the institutional Church and what what it can be, while also nudging it to acknowledge and wrestle with its complicated past in order to more authentically follow Christ.

Jason is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He holds a B.A. in Religion from Chowan University and M.Div. and D.Min. degrees from Duke Divinity School, both times as a Rural Ministry Fellow. Jason currently serves through the collective impact youth ministry movement TENx10, where he is a member of the Resource and Partnership teams.

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What's included?

The content contains everything needed to guide a group through the six-week study, including session plans, videos (including transcripts), and discussion questions. An orientation meeting before the study begins gives participants all the tools and confidence they need to participate in this app-based study. With the required orientation, your group will meet seven times. 

All content is accessible via the state-of-the-art BeADisciple Study App, entirely accessible on your smart phone, tablet, or computer. You won’t have any physical study materials to keep track of!

In every session, you hear from Native/Indigenous voices and with carefully chosen biblical passages, paired with concrete practices that honor Indigenous communities and the land.

This study draws on respected Indigenous theologians, historians, and practitioners—inviting learners to listen, lament, and take hopeful steps toward repair. 

Session overviews:

The Power of Storytelling
(with themes of healing, resilience, liberation, and new narratives)

Engaging with Landlines
(with themes of land, Sabbath, justice, reconciliation, and restoration)

Understanding Settler Colonialism & Its Impact on Faith

Understanding Inevitable Backlash
(with themes of persecution, resilience, and living into hope)

Decolonizing Theology & Practice
(with themes of service, true fasting, and humility)

Cultivating a Just Future
(with themes of bridge-building, empowered voices, and sustained action)

Time commitments for this study:

  • 15–25 minutes of guided daily learning (read/listen options), including a brief Scripture engagement and accessible commentary, a weekly short video intro, a centering prayer, and a somatic body check-in
  • A short reading from an Indigenous or decolonial “Conversation Partner.”
  • Reflection prompts (with “Going Deeper” options leaders can use with youth).
  • Participation in group discussion threads in the app.
  • A 75–90 minute weekly gathering (in person or virtual) using a ready-to-lead guide.
  • One orientation session before you begin.

Why do this study on the app?

The BeADisciple Study App opens a whole new world of possibilities in small-group life, all with trusted content and 24/7 connectivity.

UnSettling Our Faith is written for youth but can be a powerful learning experience for adults, as well. Reach down the block or around the world to offer Christian fellowship alongside:

  • Business travelers
  • Stay-at-home parents
  • Shift workers
  • Mission partners
  • High school or college friends
  • Family members
  • Isolated rural residents
  • People without a church home
  • International friends
  • Homebound residents
  • Snowbirds
  • Frequent travelers

All study materials are included:

  • All study content for UnSettling Our Faith, along with leader guides and accompanying videos
  • The entire CEB Bible for scripture reference
  • The ability to set reminders on your phone or tablet to help you remember to do your daily readings.
  • Take notes in the app right alongside the content
  • Personalized Meeting Guides automatically compiled from your notes

Community-building features:

  • 24/7 message and prayer boards to help you communicate with your study group.
  • A roster of other members of your group, to help you get to know one another.
  • Easily join your group Zoom meeting with the click of a button, no sign-in required

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