Agnosticism
The Permanent Now ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Originally published as a rough-draft to Twitter on Feb. 5, 2022. I just went “All In” with WordPress and allowed it access to my Twitter Account. So, if it worked, you should be seeing a blurb on Twitter, right
Agnosticism
Humanity’s Comeuppance ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com – Originally posted as a rough draft to Twitter on Jan. 29, 2022 #FirstCuppaJoe for Jan 29. (thread) I am fascinated by the implications of those U.S. Navy gun-camera videos, of what they are calling”UAP”(Unidentified Aerial Phenomena)
Agnosticism
More on The God-shaped Hole © 2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com – Originally posted as a rough-draft to Twitter on 11/22/2021 The little two-paragraph blog post, below, has gotten a bit of response. In it, I propose a possible “earthly” explanation for people’s longing for contact
Agnosticism
That God-shaped Hole © 2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com – Originally posted to Twitter as a rough draft on 11/18/2021 During my 20-year journey, from atheism to #Religiosity, with a jail-break to agnosticism, the church said, “There’s a God-shaped hole in everyone that’s yearning to
Absentee Parenting
More on Juvenile Gangs © 2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com – Originally posted as a rough-draft to Twitter on 11/15/21 #JuvenileGangs (thread) I think maybe the tweet, below. garnered the highest number of likes and re-tweets of any so far. But my followers comments about it got
Humanity
Pride ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com In today’s society, at least in America, we are cajoled, urged and lambasted to have “pride.” Pride for our race, pride for our gender (or lack of same) and pride for our school, are only a few examples. We’ve
Humanity
Philosophy
The Weirdness of Time ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Previously posted to Twitter as a rough draft Oct. 4, 2021 #FirstCuppaJoe #MorningMeditations for Mon. 10/4/21 (thread) Today’s “inspiration” was #Time, and the weirdness of time. As I rolled out of bed and made my way
Humanity
Priorities ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Attending a school reunion at my age (near 80) is an emotional rollercoaster. There’s the joy of reconnecting with old friends, the furious schedule of dinners, golf tournaments and nostalgic chats. But then, nostalgia turns to mourning as you share news
Life
©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com, Originally posted to Twitter in rough draft on 9/13/2021 The Village Life in Suburbia It seems ironic—as I follow my small dog on his appointed rounds, sniffing his way through our verdant, shady but blue-collar neighborhood, he reading other dogs’
Dealing with frustration
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr. com In law school, we learned a Latin phrase from the old English Common Law: “De minimis, non curat lex.” (The law doesn’t concern itself with trifles) said in context of people bringing lawsuits for trivial grievances,
Humanity
But What Kind of Culture is Coalescing? ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Orignally posted to Twtter as a rough draft on 9/5/2021 This is a follow up to the blog post of Sept. 3, 2021. For the reader’s convenience, that post is included in its
Humanity
A World Culture Coalescing ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Orignally posted to Twtter as a rough draft on 9/3/2021 A few millennia ago, Earth was a like a planet of virtual human-habituated islands, separated by vast distances, sprinkled across a great global ocean. We humans had
Depression
More on Gratitude ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Orignally posted as a rough draft to Twitter on 8/18/2021 FirstCuppaJoe for 8/18/21 A Tweeter asked, “the key to happiness is__ , no restriction on word count.” I answered in one word. #gratitude It even propelled me
Evolution
What If? © 2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com March 1, 2021 What if God purposely developed humans by evolution; giving us our physical drives to protect self, to reproduce, to form societies — blending us, hybridizing us from the many strains of ancestors — evolving us a little more, until the
Agnosticism
An Argument with God © 2020 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com Dear God, If You are there, I’ll just call You, ” God,” because I don’t want to adopt potentially man-made labels for You. Also, If you don’t mind, until I am inspired otherwise, I will not address