SPEAKING OF FAITH: The perfecting of our faith

    By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13. “My job is to perfect our faith, added Pastor Melton.  “Keep on praying.  His answers are ‘Yes’ and, we speak the...

COMMENTARY: My experience with gaslighting

  By DIANE PAVLAT StrongHearts Native Helpline   I was pregnant with our first child when I drove him to the doctor’s office. He said that he broke his ankle when he jumped down from the back of his truck and rolled his foot. The nurse came in and examined...

COMMENTARY: Supports smoking ban for Cherokee casinos

    By LAVITA HILL Big Cove Community   In May, a group of enrolled EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) members submitted an ordinance change to Tribal Council which will ban smoking on the gaming floors of Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and...

COMMENTARY: A pat on the back

  By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   It is productive and right to give pats on the back to those who we think have done us a good deed. By all means, community members and workers who contribute to the betterment of our community deserve a note of...

SPEAKING OF FAITH: The unstoppable Church

  By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read Matthew 14:22-32. God has a purpose for you to be here.  Like Peter, you, too, can walk on water, even though the Lord, after Peter had taken only a few...