(soon after this the Lord took him).
The seventh, a boy with three older sisters, will have Welsh names; neither Ben nor Emma speaks Welsh. It will please their grandmother no end - she learned Welsh and can converse. Like all converts she is something of a crusader for it in the family. She grieves that grandchildren born in Wales but now domiciled in the USA already have American accents - (Abraheyam!). So we have Chloe Fflur, Ffion Ruth, Anwen Grace and now Tomos John Dafydd - (subject to possible change!). We also have a Garin.
Sad to say, Welsh culture, which at one time was almost synonymous with Evangelical Christianity, is now secular and post-Christian. The language but not the way of life saved by Bishop Morgan survives without him.
But we remain thankful for another covenant child and heir of God's promises. As with the others we pray that the 'heir' might 'inherit' through faith in Christ. It is all about that wonderful biblical tension between privilege and responsibility isn't it?
The seventh, a boy with three older sisters, will have Welsh names; neither Ben nor Emma speaks Welsh. It will please their grandmother no end - she learned Welsh and can converse. Like all converts she is something of a crusader for it in the family. She grieves that grandchildren born in Wales but now domiciled in the USA already have American accents - (Abraheyam!). So we have Chloe Fflur, Ffion Ruth, Anwen Grace and now Tomos John Dafydd - (subject to possible change!). We also have a Garin.
Sad to say, Welsh culture, which at one time was almost synonymous with Evangelical Christianity, is now secular and post-Christian. The language but not the way of life saved by Bishop Morgan survives without him.
But we remain thankful for another covenant child and heir of God's promises. As with the others we pray that the 'heir' might 'inherit' through faith in Christ. It is all about that wonderful biblical tension between privilege and responsibility isn't it?
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