by ernie | Dec 3, 2020 | Standfast Blog
This week we talk with Jim Blazevich of NavLife. Years ago, Jim learned (the hard way) that his wife wouldn’t know what to do if he passed. Sure, he had life insurance the other “precautions” and measures we typically put in place, but there were still so many...
by ernie | Nov 30, 2020 | Standfast Blog
The Scriptures command a reverence for life. Embedded in every book and interwoven into every doctrine is the unwavering standard of justice and mercy for all: the weak and the strong, the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the lame and the whole, the young...
by ernie | Nov 26, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Tis the season to… sponsor an angel child, send a shoe box of gifts, volunteer at a soup kitchen, gift blankets and jackets and hats… That is, it’s the season for charity. Christmas is a time when we typically thing about people in need. We fill up the red kettles as...
by ernie | Nov 23, 2020 | Standfast Blog
G.K. Chesterton once wrote, “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” Chesterton was always imminently quotable. His quips and epigrams, axioms and jibes, maxims and platitudes, adages and...
by ernie | Nov 19, 2020 | Standfast Blog
The first Thanksgiving happened over a year after the passengers who traveled aboard the Mayflower made it to the New World. Interestingly enough, the group learned quickly that the affairs of everyday life— things such as laundry and meal preparation— were the most...