SPEAKING OF FAITH: The perfecting of our faith

    By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13. “My job is to perfect our faith, added Pastor Melton.  “Keep on praying.  His answers are ‘Yes’ and, we speak the...

OBITUARY: Betty Jean Lambert Hawkins

  Betty Jean Lambert Hawkins joined her heavenly Father, family and friends on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Betty was born in Cherokee on Jan. 27, 1934, the child of Leonard and Carrie Lambert. She was a proudly enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians....

COMMENTARY: My experience with gaslighting

  By DIANE PAVLAT StrongHearts Native Helpline   I was pregnant with our first child when I drove him to the doctor’s office. He said that he broke his ankle when he jumped down from the back of his truck and rolled his foot. The nurse came in and examined...