COMMENTARY: Kids pay the price

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   “They cry in the dark so you can’t see their tears. They hide in the light, so you can’t see their fears. Forgive and forget, all the while, love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child. “It’s...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Jesus is worthy of all praise

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church    Read Matthew 28:17-20; Hebrews 2:1,17; Acts 1:8; Psalm 8:6 If we consider ourselves to be Jesus’ present-day disciples, these words are given to each one...

Open letter to tribal leaders regarding EBCI Census

  Chairman French, Vice Chairman Rose, Principal Chief Sneed, and Vice Chief Ensley, The EBCI Enrollment keeps pretty tight records of who are enrolled and where they reside, probably much more accurate than any census would bear out. Why not either referendum a...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: Jesus is our rock and salvation

  By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read Matthew 6:1, 6-18; Psalm 61:1-4; Psalm 62:1-2; Proverbs 30:24-26. Giving… Going back to the basics will be a good review. The basics can cause one to...

COMMENTARY: Tribal aging

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor The title is a little misleading, because we are going to talk about aging in general and elder abuse in specific. As we plow through (another consequence of getting older is an acute perception that time is going by faster)...