COMMENTARY: The irony of Thanksgiving

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   I think it is a little ironic that Native American Heritage Month is the same month as Thanksgiving. For many Native Americans, the day is a reminder of pain, starvation, disease, forced removals, and marches, costing...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: We can truly have it all…

  By MYRA COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “Don’t tear your clothing in your grief but tear your hearts instead.  Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.  He is eager...

COMMENTARY: Have you hugged a tourist today?

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER EDITOR   I am as guilty as the next person. I have rolled my eyes and tapped my foot while standing in a long line waiting to be served because the tourists are in town. I have beat my head on the steering wheel as I creeped up...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Our testimony – our greatest tool

  REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “Turn to Acts 4:8-31, if you will.” “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, ‘Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, ‘If we this day be examined of the good deed...

COMMENTARY: Where the rubber meets the road

  By ROBERT JUMPER ONE FEATHER STAFF   We continue to discuss what level of transparency is appropriate for our government. Clearly, there are things that we, the People, and we, the Government, agree should not be aired in public for the benefit of the...

COMMENTARY: My new book…and other stuff

  Observations and Random Thoughts By WILLIAM LEDFORD   It wasn’t that long ago that George W Bush and the Republicans made a big deal about Democrats wanting to withdraw our people from Iraq, he stated that “the party of FDR and Harry Truman has become the...