Ronald Kern's Personal Blog

BLESS YOURSELF BY BLESSING OTHERS FIRST I felt compelled to write this, hoping others can learn this “key to life” long before I did. The sooner you truly understand it, and most importantly implement it, the happier you will be. There was a time in my life when I felt the world — no, the universe —revolved around me, what I said, and what I did. Long before any social media, I had my own network of people that spread the news quickly, if I wanted. I did well in high school, was voted class vice president, excelled in tennis, and was “one of the guys.”  It was a time for me to do what I wanted, when I wanted, and people followed. It was the Ron Kern Show, I thought. My mother had raised me with this gem of advice: “Be kind to others, no matter who they are; you haven't walked in their shoes.” And in those glory days, there were glimmers of me remembering this wisdom; however, it wasn't consistent. As I continued into the business world, I did well with one ...

I hope that you all had a very Merry CHRISTmas and hope your upcoming New Year is blessings galore. I decided to write this blog with the goal in mind to help others, which is my only point in making my opinion “public.”  Keeping in mind many won’t take on such subjects as they don’t want to upset anyone and don’t like confrontation, I’ll take a stab at it; I can handle the backlash if there is any.  I am not an expert, but felt it in my heart to respond. In the past I have commented on the topic of homosexuality, and many other topics, generally ending in a heated discussion.  Recently, several people have asked my opinion on certain issues, such as homosexuality, adultery, and other topics not so easily discussed.  Additionally, and what is exciting for me is, people have asked me how to give their life to God.  I will do my best to cover these topics for you now. To the best of my ability, I will never intentionally single-out or bash homosexual...

Ahhhh New Orleans.  Mardi Gras, Bourbon Street, Canal Street.  My first trip to New Orleans was powerful, impactful, and in other ways sad.  I  traveled to meet with Beth and Ivan Misner, the founders of BNI International , to assist with some of the most high risked schools and at risk youth in the country.  New Orleans has incredible history, art, food, music, and culture that is known worldwide.  Unfortunately, I did not experience these good things as this wasn't a vacation for me.   I can tell you there is darkness that blankets the city, you can see it, and feel it.  It has  remnants of Hurricane Katrina still present after 9 years, crime is rampant, and corruption is everywhere.   Clearly, we weren't visiting Disneyland and it wasn't very safe.  We were not only going to be in the thick of it, but our itinerary included the toughest part of it.  Yes, being a white man from Idaho, I would be lying if I said I wa...

If you live in the United States, the word slavery probably takes you back to your history days in school, picturing a large plantation mansion, where African Americans, then called Negros, worked the cotton fields in the south so the owners of them didn't have to.  That portion of our history is horrific and slavery as we knew it then, has been desolated. However, there is a current form of slavery called human trafficking, which is as sickening and disgusting as the 1800's in early America.  Human trafficking doesn't receive a lot of media attention, although it's finally gaining some momentum now that celebrities and other well-known figures are speaking out on the topic.  This needs to happen more. What is human trafficking?  By definition, it's  the illegal movement of people, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation.  In short, human beings are being forced into having sex with others, and working ...