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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.

Feast of St. Francis: Resurrection Sermon for an Earth-Kin Congregation | Leah D. Schade


St. Francis Sunday is Oct. 4. Here is a sermon to spark your creativity for preaching about our Earth-kin and their role in Christ’s resurrection.

Source: Feast of St. Francis: Resurrection Sermon for an Earth-Kin Congregation | Leah D. Schade

The Righteous and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way | AwayPoint


I was Born Again until nearly the end of graduate school, a sincere Evangelical who went to church on Sunday and Wednesday with my family and to Thursday Bible study on my own. I dialed for convert…

Source: The Righteous and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way | AwayPoint

To Impeach or Not to Impeach? Chris Hedges “Impeachment is not a panacea Pence will be worse. He comes out of a community of Christian Fascists, I speak as a Seminary graduate, they’re Heretics!”


Christianity 101: Love, Not Deportation | Sojourners


There may be political reasons to deport immigrants, but there are no theological ones.

Source: Christianity 101: Love, Not Deportation | Sojourners

A Love Stronger than Fear by Rachel Pieh Jones


Rachel Pieh Jones tells the story of Annalena Tonelli. Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism in the Horn of Africa, what difference could one woman make? Annalena Tonelli stayed anyway – and found a way to beat tuberculosis, history’s deadliest disease.

Source: A Love Stronger than Fear by Rachel Pieh Jones

Jesus Would Have Been the Worst Conservative Christian |


For one, Jesus was never like, “Do you know where you are going when you die?” You know, the number one question of American Christianity, the question […]

Source: Jesus Would Have Been the Worst Conservative Christian | Jesus Would Have Been the Worst Conservative Christian

The Bible may have a naming discrepancy, in the Gospel of John– The Chronicle


“You cannot have an entire discipline, especially the discipline that determines what the text of the Bible is, to all be men.”

Source: The Bible may have a naming discrepancy, and a Duke researcher plans to correct it – The Chronicle

Greta Thunberg to world leaders: ‘How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood’ – YouTube


Our democracy no longer represents the people. Here’s how we fix it | Larry Lessig | TEDxMidAtlantic – YouTube