Mike Kelly

United Kingdom

Social Affairs Correspondent at The Chronicle

Journalist and writer based in the North East. Views own.

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Articles

When the redeemed lose their way

1 week ago | thebesttimes.com | Mike Kelly

Every pastor I know will agree with me that it is frustrating to see people come Sunday after Sunday and listen to the sermon and seemingly agree with the teaching, then go and live exactly the opposite. I’m studying in Galatians and as I read it, I can almost see the steam coming out of Paul’s “pastoral” ears. Here’s a people who listened to him tell them about the freedom found in Christ.
Rewarding Hamas will not bring a peaceful Palestine

1 month ago | strategicanalysis.org | Mike Kelly

The UN has scheduled a high-level conference on Palestine and the two-state solution in June in New York. The main aim of the conference, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, is to obtain recognition of a Palestinian state from UN members. The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific have urged the Albanese government to recognise Palestine without further delay.
New Jersey's 2025 governor race is a test for Democrats. Can they pass it? | Opinion

1 month ago | courierpostonline.com | Mike Kelly

4-minute readDemocrats are in trouble. It’s been nearly seven months since their party’s debacle last November and Democrats are still searching for a message and a way to define themselves. If you want to understand how difficult that hunt for the right message has become, take a look at New Jersey. In November, the Garden State is one of just two states — Virginia is the other — to hold a statewide election for governor this year.
My grandma died in 1926. 99 years later, this is my Mother's Day gift for her | Opinion

1 month ago | poughkeepsiejournal.com | Mike Kelly

4-minute readI finally gave a Mother’s Day present to my grandmother. It’s been 99 years. It was time. This is a story of how an unspeakable sadness sometimes reconciles in ways that are difficult to plan ahead of time. It's also a story about the passage of time and memory. The story begins on a Saturday night in June 1926, in a tenement on Grove Street in Jersey City, just a few blocks from the Hudson River waterfront.
My grandma died in 1926. 99 years later, this is my Mother's Day gift for her | Opinion

1 month ago | northjersey.com | Mike Kelly

I finally gave a Mother’s Day present to my grandmother. It’s been 99 years. It was time. This is a story of how an unspeakable sadness sometimes reconciles in ways that are difficult to plan ahead of time. It's also a story about the passage of time and memory. The story begins on a Saturday night in June 1926, in a tenement on Grove Street in Jersey City, just a few blocks from the Hudson River waterfront.
Trump policies are right-sizing government, putting America first

1 month ago | butlereagle.com | Mike Kelly

For years, the American people have been told the financial health of our nation was manageable, that we would reduce federal spending and reduce the deficit “someday.” The truth is, we’re the healthiest people in the sick ward. “Someday”is here. When President Donald Trump began his second term, he tasked the Department of Government Efficiency with rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal budget. Since then, they have uncovered $155 billion in savings.
Why can't we really confront Saudi support of the 9/11 attacks? Will we ever? | Opinion

1 month ago | eu.app.com | Mike Kelly

It’s the nasty political problem that keeps on ticking. But it’s not the economy. Or mass shootings. Or Ukraine. Or China. Or any of the other chronic dilemmas facing America. No, this is worse in some ways. It’s the rising tide of evidence that Saudi Arabian officials helped carry out the deadliest act of terrorism in America on Sept. 11, 2001. The nation’s political leaders know this — or should know it. But they refuse to act. If you’ve followed this column, you know about the Saudi links to 9/11.
Choose: Narrow or broad way

2 months ago | thebesttimes.com | Mike Kelly

We continue in our series on the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew chapters 5-7. Today, we’re studying Matthew 7:13-14, which appears simple and easy to understand. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”But ask yourself this question: If God really wants to save everyone, why didn’t He make it easier to be saved?
Choose: Narrow or broad way

2 months ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Mike Kelly

We continue in our series on the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew chapters 5-7. Today, we’re studying Matthew 7:13-14, which appears simple and easy to understand. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”But ask yourself this question: If God really wants to save everyone, why didn’t He make it easier to be saved?
'We serve people': Can we learn from Pope Francis' enduring message of grace? | Opinion

2 months ago | app.com | Mike Kelly

4-minute readSometimes small episodes tell us much about really big people. Such was my first glimpse of Pope Francis. It was just after dawn — around 7 a.m. — on a Sunday morning in September 2015. On assignment for my New Jersey newspaper, I stood in the middle of the “Plaza de la Revolucion” atop a hill overlooking Havana, Cuba. Pope Francis wasn’t scheduled to show up until 9 a.m. for an outdoor mass on the 18-acre Plaza. So I had time to kill — and some mixed messages to take in.