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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.

Peace Prayer of Saint Francis


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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.

Hitler would have loved social media – Los Angeles Times


The internet is a perfect medium for spreading anti-Semitism. It’s up to all of us to stop the hatred.

Source: Hitler would have loved social media – Los Angeles Times

England within England–C.S. Lewis


James Ross Kelly's avatarSt. John One: One

professor kirks house“Why!” exclaimed Peter, “It’s England. And that’s the house itself—Professor Kirk’s old home in the country where all our adventures began!”

“I thought that house had been destroyed,” said Edmund.

“So it was,” said the Faun. “But you are now looking at the England within England, the real England just as this is the real Narnia. And in that inner England no good thing is destroyed.”

The Last Battle, C.S Lewis The Complete Chronicles of Narnia, page 523

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Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Christian Defense Of Donald Trump Has To Be Seen To Be Believed | Zack Hunt


(Source: Twitter) I know, I know. The headline seems like clickbait. But I promise it’s not. Jerry Falwell Jr. granted an interview to The Washington […]

Source: Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Christian Defense Of Donald Trump Has To Be Seen To Be Believed | Zack Hunt

How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’


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Jerry Falwell Jr. and the Toxic Theology of ‘Two Kingdoms’ | Erin Wathen


Like many false prophets before him, Jerry Falwell Jr. believes he can serve two masters—God and Donald Trump—by separating the worlds in which they […]

Source: Jerry Falwell Jr. and the Toxic Theology of ‘Two Kingdoms’ | Erin Wathen

Sam Harris Asks Questions Jordan Peterson Can’t Answer | Esther O’Reilly


In debate with Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson mounts a pragmatic defense of religion. But only rationally grounded Christian faith can slay the old dragon of […]

Source: Sam Harris Asks Questions Jordan Peterson Can’t Answer | Esther O’Reilly

Jesus believed that so long as a man was away from God he was not truly himself–William Barclay


Jesus believed that so long as a man was away from God he was not truly himself; he was only truly himself wheWilliam Barclay 1907-1978n he was on the way home. Beyond a doubt Jesus did not believe in total depravity. He never believed that you could glorify God by blackguarding man; he believed that man was never essentially himself until he came home to God. William Barclay

Resistance Is the Supreme Act of Faith


We can resist the radical evil enveloping our lives and our planet only when we acquire the faith that resistance always weakens the oppressor and empowers the oppressed.

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