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...
by ernie | Nov 16, 2020 | Standfast Blog
No man or woman is an island. There are no successful Lone Rangers—not in business, not in politics, and not in life. Loose canons foil the best strategies. Wild cards trump the best intentions. Feral cells infect the healthiest organisms. Rogue agents jeopardize...
by ernie | Nov 12, 2020 | Standfast Blog
In this episode of the Standfast Cast we continue our conversation from the previous week and discuss WHY the Pilgrims came to the New World in the first place. By the year 1619, after almost a century of tumult and tribulation, two ships received permission to head...
by ernie | Nov 9, 2020 | Standfast Blog
There are numerous ways we can receive criticism. And, guaranteed, all criticism shouldn’t be weighed equally. Here are what several wise leaders have said about criticism and how to handle it. +++++ 1. “Remember, it is not the critic who counts: not the man who...
by ernie | Nov 5, 2020 | Standfast Blog
There’s a lot happening in our current political climate— too many unknowns to list. But, we have much to be thankful for, even as the votes and elections are sorted. In fact, this is the month when we lean towards the Thanksgiving holiday every year. Maybe you...
by ernie | Nov 2, 2020 | Standfast Blog
“Every word of the Constitution ultimately decides a question between power and liberty.” James Madison The Founding Fathers would more than likely be surprised by the current controversy over the Electoral College provisions of the Constitution. Indeed, it was one...
by ernie | Oct 29, 2020 | Standfast Blog
This year we look— as we do every four years— at a “historical election.” Let’s be honest about it. The last one was historical. As was the one before that. And the one before that. And, yes, even the one before that… In fact, they’re all “historical.” But what...