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Posts by James Ross Kelly

James Ross Kelly lives in Northern California next to the Sacramento River. Mr. Kelly was a long-time resident of Southern Oregon where he grew up. And the Fires We Talked About published by Uncollected Press in 2020 is Mr. Kelly’s first book of fiction. In 2024 Mr. Kelly published his third book, "Above Neil Rock," a memoir.

‘Criminalizing Compassion’: Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Arizona Desert | Common Dreams News


“If Dr. Warren were convicted and imprisoned on these absurd charges, he would be a prisoner of conscience.”

Source: ‘Criminalizing Compassion’: Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Arizona Desert | Common Dreams News

Standing in Chains at Alcatraz–Hutterite Christian Martyrs of WWI


A photograph of conscientious objectors at Camp Lewis, Wash., Nov. 18, 1918. Four known Mennonite men are in the photo: (back row, third from right: Elmer McTimmmonds, lived near Sheridan, Ore.; back row, fourth from right: John Kropf, lived near Harrisburg, Ore.; middle row, fourth from right: Homer Schlegel, lived in Albany, Ore.; middle row, far right: Orie M. Conrad, later lived near Albany, Ore.). Orie refused to train and refused to put on a uniform. He paid dearly for it. At one point he almost lost his life by hanging but an officer saved him and his tormentors were courtmartialed. (Orie M. Conrad Photographs, HM4-384. Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen. Goshen, Ind.)

Source: Standing in chains at Alcatraz

The Real Origins of the Religious Right – POLITICO Magazine


The Real Origins of the Religious Right

They’ll tell you it was abortion. Sorry, the historical record’s clear: It was segregation.

Source: – POLITICO Magazine

Trump’s Blood Moon Hoax Exposed | Keith Giles


  I can’t believe I need to post something on this topic again. A few years ago, pastor and author John Hagee, and also author Mark Blitz, […]

Source: Trump’s Blood Moon Hoax Exposed | Keith Giles

A New Sign–Karl Barth


“The church exists to set up in the world a new sign which is radically dissimilar to the world’s own manner and which contradicts it in a way that is full of promise.”

Karl Barth

God Sees Your Heart (When No One Else Can) | Keith Giles


As a young man, I was challenged to read the world’s best-selling book from cover to cover. At a young age I had fallen in love with books. In Junior High […]

Source: God Sees Your Heart (When No One Else Can) | Keith Giles