Getting that initial address right seems important to me, not because I imagine I can really capture this source of all being in a verbal container. But the name I call to God with determines the guise in which I come to this task, duty, privilege of prayer. In naming God, I am in some way—far beyond my incomplete understanding—determining my own identity. Naming God ends up defining not him, but me.
Virginia Stem Owens (Books & Culture, 26th Dec.2006)
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
On naming God
At the end of an essay on deciding what Name of God we should use in beginning prayer:
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So, what address do you think most appropriate, most Biblical?
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