A name as a gift.

"A name is a precious gift. It is something to be lived into. It is someone to come home to. Your name is a word filled with the power of you. Call people by name shortly after you've met them and see how they come alive. Being able to name something of someone gives you a certain power and seponsibility for it, for him, for her. Being able to name the ache in your life gives you power over that ache. Being able to name a fear in your life gives you power over the fear. ... What is home but that place where your name becomes precious, the place where your name find its power?"
Machrina Wiederker, A Tree Full of Angels. Seeing the Holy in the Ordinary, p.2
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