The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

More holiday stuff


Another fun thing over Christmas was a chocolate fountain. Chocolate is always fun. Being in Wales, of course, there was rugby. The Cardiff Blues lost twice to the Ospreys (Wales in black shirts). Someone gave the boys a rugby ball for Christmas. They're more familiar with the round ball. Another feature there is singing grace together. We always use an englyn (a traditional form of poem in Welsh)

O Dad, yn deulu dedwydd - Y deuwn
A diolch o'r newydd,
Cans o'th law y daw bob dydd
Ein lluniaeth a'n llawenydd.

[O Dad, yn deulu dedwydd (Dad & dedwydd, d repeated) - Y deuwn
A diolch o'r newydd, (deuwn & diolch, d repeated)
Cans o'th law y daw bob dydd (law & daw rhyming, daw & dydd, d repeated, cynghanedd sain)
Ein lluniaeth a'n llawenydd. (ein lluniaeth & a'n llawenydd, ll-n repeated)]

It means something like

O Father, the happy family comes to thank anew, Because from your hand comes each day our food and our joy. Amen.

It appears to have been written by W. D. Williams (1900-1985).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

IS written by WD WILLIAMS, my great grandfather.. legendary man..

Gary Brady said...

Diolch Anon