COMMENTARY: I.T., please.

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR    In the past several days, we’ve been experiencing several interruptions owing to a lack of network connectivity at the office. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) is set up on a secure network that...

COMMENTARY: Sitting idly by

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   You have little in personal rights under the Charter and Governing Document of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, except for the right to vote. And, even that is limited to 1) Voting for elected officials, and 2)...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Jesus mourns over Jerusalem

  By MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   Jesus mourned: “Jerusalem! Jerusalem!  Murderer of prophets!  Killer of the ones who brought you God’s news!  How often I’ve ached to embrace your children, the way a hen gathers her chicks under...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: The Parable of the Ten Virgins

  By MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “God’s kingdom is like ten young virgins who took oil lamps and went out to greet the bridegroom.  Five were silly and five were smart.  The silly virgins took lamps, but no extra oil.  The smart...