COMMENTARY: Voting – use it or lose it  

  By MARY HERR CHEROKEE, N.C.   Decisions made at all levels of government (President and Congress in Washington, DC, General Assembly in Raleigh and County Commissioners, Sheriffs, Courts, etc.) impact the daily lives of Cherokee people. If you shop...

COMMENTARY: Only 18 weeks till Christmas

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   I am not a very social person. I wasn’t when I was younger and I am surely not as I grow older. I like people and actually have a few that I love, but as far as chit-chat and “hugginess”, I have had to train myself to...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Speaking God’s powerful words out 

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    Read 2 Kings 13:14-20a  “If anything is to change, the Church must change it.  To be relevant in today’s world, the Church must do so.  In following after those who have followed...

COMMENTARY: A better way to be

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   Every day is a day of selling. And everyone sells. Some people spend their days selling the idea that they do not like or participate in selling. Every employment activity, and most personal activity involves...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Worship God, for he is your victory 

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR  CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH    “When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him.  ‘My father!  My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!’ he cried. “Elisha...

COMMENTARY: We didn’t “sign” up for this

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    One of the appealing things about Cherokee is the natural beauty of the homeland. Indeed, all western North Carolina was homeland for the Cherokee people at one time. The concept of land ownership was foreign to most...