welcome to florilegium!

as an avid reader of devotional classics & christian biographies/autobiographies for the past fifteen years or so, i wanted a place to share excerpts from some of my favorites, past & present. so…i’ve also just added this new tab to the blog : florilegium.

a florilegium is a collection of literary extracts—an anthology, a bit of a commonplace book; it literally means a gathering of flowers. in medieval times, florilegia were collections of extracts taken mainly from the writings of the church fathers or the early church. the purpose was to take passages that illustrated certain topics, doctrines or themes, & place them together into one book. i discovered this genre (with a lovely name!) while reading the little flowers of st. francis, & thought it would be fun to create a running digital scrapbook on life in the Spirit. i’ll also post here some things i’m currently reading, listening to, and copying by hand into my own journal.

i hope this new addition to the site can be a source of continual encouragement to you, as this great cloud of writers bears witness to the ongoing presence & power of the risen Lord!