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...

COMMENTARY: Totally committed, sort of

  By ROBERT JUMPER  ONE FEATHER EDITOR    We are a Tribe of silos. Try as we might, we cannot seem to get out to the habit of stopping short if a project requires overlap in scopes of work. I know I am generalizing, but, generally speaking, it happens. Oh...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: In the Garden of Gethsemane…

  By MYRA D. COLGATE CHEROKEE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH   “Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there to pray.’ “He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and became...