Weeds grow of themselves; flowers are planted. Sanctification is a flower of the Spirit’s planting. -Thomas Watson

It is faith alone that has saved him: faith bestowed by sheer gift. From this buoyant humility, this farewell to the self with all its good resolutions, anxiety, scruples, and motive-scratchings, all the Protestant doctrines originally sprang….Protestantism was not too grim, but too glad to be true. -C.S. Lewis in his English Literature in the […]

Courage is not something we necessarily think of as a feminine virtue, but I think there are good grounds to believe otherwise. Here’s a definition: Courage is the ability to control fear when facing danger, difficulty, or pain. It is to be stout hearted, having a resolute spirit, heroic, fearless, plucky (there’s a word you […]

I’m going to start writing a regular bit about the Sabbath dinner because I believe it is such an important part of Sabbath living that we need to recover. So this will be the first of a few articles.
            Ten years ago our family made a principled decision to start feasting on the Lord’s Day […]

“I hope to over-hope and over-believe my troubles.” -Samuel Rutherford

Hello and many thanks to you who have been checking in here in the infancy of my blog. I am still learning how to find my way around, and you may have noticed, I’ve already changed the scenery at the top. The water lily was pretty, but it was a little too heavy for me. The […]