Jonathan Edwards Portions: His Resolutions and Ours

Jonathan Edwards engraving, Stockbridge mission house, Edwards’s signature

I couldn’t help but laugh. I had come upstairs for lunch, announced by my 3-year-old daughter a moment before: “Lunch is ready!” But what I found hilarious was my wife’s comment: “I don’t know if this is a Gwennie portion or a Jonathan Edwards portion.” On my plate lay a couple of fish fillets and five broccoli florets. Gwennie portions were smaller portions, which had become something of a running joke. But Jonathan Edwards portions?

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