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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.

Today


Today a very smart Doctor told me I had cancer. He said it was a mid range infestation, with two good alternatives of treatment. Each as barbaric as the other.

God, now has my full attention.

None of us are completely present. Richard Roher


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None of us are completely present.

So don’t feel guilty.

This is the ideal, the enlightened moments that come now and then.

But we do know that when we are manipulating, changing, controlling, and fixing, we are not there yet.

The calculating mind is the opposite of the contemplative mine.

The first is thought by the system, the second by the spirit.

Richard Roher–Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

The Real Story Behind Genesis


The first chapters of Genesis were not written to communicate history or science. Creation stories had an entirely different purpose in the Ancient Near East.

Source: The Real Story Behind Genesis

Dispensationalism: A Doctrine More Dangerous Than Hell Itself


It is high time we abandon this plainly stupid (for lack of a better word) doctrine, as it has done more than enough damage already.

Source: Dispensationalism: A Doctrine More Dangerous Than Hell Itself