Mike Kelly

“The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed,         a stronghold in times of trouble. 10    And those who know your name put their trust in you,         for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible, English Standard Version

“discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the beginning of the conquest and looting of the East Indies, the turning of Africa into a warren for the commercial hunting of black-skins, signalized the rosy dawn of the era of capitalist production”
― Jack Weatherford, Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World

“Jesus walks onto the reservation through this body, the church. The Incarnation means that the church must be an indigenous Church. It means that the message that is Christian must be an indigenous message. It also means that one’s worship must be indigenous worship.”
― Cheryl Bear-Barnetson, Introduction to First Nations Ministry

“The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.”
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It