by ernie | Dec 21, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Happy Holidays! Don’t worry. I’m not using that phrase because it is now the politically-correct thing to do these days. I know only too well that the banning of carols, crèches, and Christ from a season that only has a whit of significance precisely because of...
by ernie | Dec 14, 2020 | Standfast Blog
Humbug is an old word of indeterminate etymology meaning “spectacle” or “hoax” or “jest,” often referring to some unjustified reputation or publicity. Of course, the word is most often associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character created by Charles Dickens in The...
by ernie | Dec 7, 2020 | Standfast Blog
“Merry Christmas.” It is likely that we will both say and hear that phrase more than a few times between now and Christmas. For us as believers, it serves as far more than a simple alternative to “Seasons Greetings” or “Happy Holidays.” We know only too well that true...
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...