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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.

CS Lewis and Hell from the Problem of Pain – Life and Stories about my Dog and about My Faith


And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.(Mat 10:28 LEB) The thief comes…

Source: CS Lewis and Hell from the Problem of Pain – Life and Stories about my Dog and about My Faith

2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’ | The Nation


Democrats’ failure to address the issue of economic precarity undermines their claim to be the party of the working class.

 

Source: 2020 Was the ‘Precarity Election’ | The Nation

With Pandemic as National Emergency, Biden Could Enact Medicare for All by Executive Action—But Will He? | Common Dreams News


Journalist David Dayen presented a convincing case Tuesday that President-elect Joe Biden, once sworn into office come January, would have the legal authority to immediately provide complete Medicare for All.

Source: With Pandemic as National Emergency, Biden Could Enact Medicare for All by Executive Action—But Will He? | Common Dreams News

Rabbi Friedman – The Soul and the Afterlife: Where Do We Go From Here? – YouTube


Who is a Fascist? Henry A. Wallace


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Henry A. WallaceWallace — who was selected as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s running mate in 1940 — also observed that “American fascism will not be really dangerous until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information, and those who stand for the K.K.K. type of demagoguery.”

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Who does Jesus say is the Asylum seeker? “I was a stranger, and you gathered me in” Matthew 25: 34-46


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for I was hungry and you fed me Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus were Asylum seekers fleeing from Herod who sought to kill them.

34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter into possession of the Kingdom which has been prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you gathered me in; naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you came to visit me; I was in in prison, and you came to me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?

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GOD’S STANDARD OF JUDGMENT–William Barclay


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‘When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him

Matthew 25:31–46 ‘When the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will take his seat upon the throne of his glory, and all nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate them from each other, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right hand: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter into possession of the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you gathered…

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Christianity has never really taken deep root in America


“Contrary to conventional wisdom, Christianity has never really taken deep root in America or had any success in forming American consciousness; in its place, we have invented a kind of Orphic mystery religion of personal liberation, fecundated and sustained by a cult of Mammon.”

David Bentley Hart