Day 37: The Act of Naming
What does your name—given or chosen—say about who you are and your relationships to yourself, God, and others? Have you ever witnessed or been a part of an act of naming? How was the name discerned?
Ed Sloane is originally from West Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in religious education and pastoral ministry at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. His writing focuses on approaches to education in faith through the lens of ecological justice and pastoral ministry with LGBTQIA+ youth. Ed is also a high school theology teacher.
What does your name—given or chosen—say about who you are and your relationships to yourself, God, and others? Have you ever witnessed or been a part of an act of naming? How was the name discerned?
What might liturgical communities and Eucharistic tables look like if we practiced Jesus’ mealtime ethics?
We are called to help one another tell a new story—one in which God is a source of our healing rather than the author of our pain.
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