Vernon passed away peacefully, just after midnight, on the morning of Wednesday, February 26 after treating cancer for almost three years. His wife Donna and two surviving sons, Josh and Jake (this writer), were by his side on his last night with us. We sat with him for three hours,
A Scientific Approach to Theology ©2019 2025 Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Can a supreme being, a creator-god be deduced through observation of reality alone? An atheist, by the commonly accepted definition, would say, “no.” So we can assume that an atheist has already meditated on all reality currently observable
Before we proceed, let's pause out of grief and respect for the ongoing destruction of our beloved Southland. Here's a vignette showing how the basic goodness of our fellows can bubble forth in times of mutual danger. Our family lived on the East side of Lake
In contrast to what he Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914—1953) wrote: “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” I wanted to offer you dear people a more positve and up-to-date
Fellow condemned: Can we let down our petty competitive veils for a moment And admit what we have had in common? Yes, we've all had moments of joy that kept us enduring The grief, The failures, The disease, The loss of our senses — of smell, of sight, of
On the day after Thanksgiving I sat in front of our gas log in the dark of early morning, as the valley outside filled with fog and my neighbors' rooftops took on the expected white coating of frost, and I felt grateful for the warmth and for being able
I love how President Biden acknowledged the results of the 2024 US Election and I love his promise to allow a peaceful transition from his Administration to that of President-elect Trump. Much like the "ideal" Christian does, President Biden is "walking the walk" not just "
Civil Longevity (c) 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Considering that the life expectancy of a human in the ancient world was around 30 years, how were those ancient architectural wonders, like The Great Pyramids, the Greek Pantheon and the Roman Colosseum, ever completed? It obviously took multiple
A Scenario for a Novel Synopsis “Return of The Astrolance” (a novel) © 2024 by Vernon Miles Kerr Working Scenario ________________________________ From “A History of Irth’s Twenty-First Senturee” Excerpted from “The Monsters-Inlet Written Sheets:” “This Senturee (Consisting of100 orbits of Planet (then called ‘Irth’) began with the destruction of a pair
Discernment ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr, and VernonMilesKerr.com That old “philosohy book” we call “The Bible” opines about “discernment” at least 30 times. I’m quoting 30 here, from various translations, (not as an endorsement but just to give the reader a feeling for how “Western Society” has viewed
The Yin and Yang of Status ©2023 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com As much as we modern humans decry status-seeking, and openly ridicule people, like the man above, flaunting his world’s most-famous, well-crafted, accurate, and expensive wristwatch, isn’t there a part of us, deep in our
©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Here’s my pic from 2 days ago. This is accurate and un-retouched. It reaveals what’s left of me after about 3 weeks of daily radiation therapy and three cycles of weekend chemotherapy infusions. My worst pain is not from the