This weekly Gospel reflection is a ministry of the Center for Spiritual Formation in partnership with Church of the Saviour.
Names Matter
Deborah Sokolove, Seekers Church
We post-enlightenment folks tend to believe that names are simply arbitrary collections of syllables, with no connection to the essential reality of the people or things that they point to. Just as it doesn’t change the taste or consistency or any other tangible quality if I call my breakfast porridge or oatmeal, it shouldn’t make any difference. And if you address me as Deborah or Debbie or Deb, or even Barbara or Brenda (I’ve been called all of those, and a bunch of other names, as well), that shouldn’t matter either.
