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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.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Just one person can make a difference. My father and the Shoah | Fox News


As an Israeli diplomat to the United Nations, the annual Holocaust Memorial ceremony has always had profound resonance.

Source: Holocaust Remembrance Day: Just one person can make a difference. My father and the Shoah | Fox News

Holocaust Remembrance Day – Because the best way to bless Israel is with Jesus


I had an operation once and the anesthetist comes and looks at my arm and he says, ‘What is this?’ And I said, ‘That’s from Auschwitz.’ And he said, ‘Auschwitz, what was that?’

Source: Holocaust Remembrance Day – Because the best way to bless Israel is with Jesus

Hear All Three of Jack Kerouac’s Spoken-World Albums: A Sublime Union of Beat Literature and 1950s Jazz | Open Culture


At the epicenter of three explosive forces in 1950s America—the birth of Bebop, the spread of Buddhism through the counterculture, and Beat revolutionizing of poetry and prose—sat Jack Kerouac, though I don’t picture him ever sitting for very long.

Source: Hear All Three of Jack Kerouac’s Spoken-World Albums: A Sublime Union of Beat Literature and 1950s Jazz | Open Culture

Martin Luther King–“I’ve seen the promised land”


mlkLike anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.
The audience could not know that their hero would be gunned down the very next day.

Martin Luther King–How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust?


content_mlk_mgnHow does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.