My great-grandfather was a presbyterian minister. One of his sons married a young catholic girl....and he converted....and was a fixture in his catholic parish....tending the garden....things like that....for the rest of his life. His four sons were thus catholic....as well as all of the extended families....as far as I know....except me....who forty years ago....not even knowing of this part of the family history....reverted to presbyterianism. Some ancestor was the Lord of Windex or something....and a cousin was the ex-chancellor of the chubbychecker....I don't understand a lot of these terms. Three quarters of whatever my makeup....is not English....but that other one quarter seems to dominate....I love rain....food is basically mashed potatoes mixed in ground beef....dark beer is my choice when asked. Bunyan is my spiritual author....Spurgeon my spiritual pastor....Cromwell one of my heroes...Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of my favorite classical composers....Chariots Of Fire my number one film. (I've probably watched it thirty times) I respect and understand the concept of monarchs....there has been some wonderful kings and queens....but there is only one King that matters....and only one Prince that can wage war....and bring peace.
The following was first posted in 2012:
I was never much interested in genealogy. My surname is about as English as you can get, although I'm primarily Scotch-Irish, and there is a well known and much visited tower in London with the same name. My wife and I had an interesting experience almost two decades ago. (three decades ago now) A very popular and prolific Christian writer of historical fiction started a new series of books....and a main character of the first book had my first and last name. Not only that but my wife thought that his physical description described me right down to the scar on the left cheek....the character's scar from dealing with the turmoil at the time of King Henry VIII....and mine....not so heroic....from an infected spider bite while in the army. William Tyndale and John Bunyan even make appearances in this Reformation era book! She even wrote the author about this and received a very nice reply.
I 'm really interested in hearing about other people's genealogical history. I just have no interest in my own. It wouldn't matter in the slightest if my ancestors were princes or paupers. There's only one ancestor that I'm concerned with and that is Adam in the Garden of Eden. I inherited his sin just as much as I inherited my father's high forehead. There's only one inheritance that matters and that's the imputed righteousness of Christ. This topic of conversation came up between my son and me when he was about 13 years old. I sat down at a computer and drew up this tartan that you see at the top. Every color in it has a meaning. The green signifies the world, the yellow the church and the scarlet line in the middle is the precious blood of Jesus Christ shed for us on Calvary. So this is our tartan of a heavenly genealogy, an adoptive Father and a spiritual Brother who is also our Lord, Our Savior and our coming King!
