Welcome to my new blog – (Ir)Reverend Ramblings. Like any naming process this one took time. I put out a challenge to my family to come up with suggestions and they provided me lots of interesting alternatives. Then I threw those names out to a number of people for an informal vote to see which one would be the popular choice. In the end I tweaked it a bit and ‘voila’ (Ir)Reverend Ramblings was born.
Naming is important. I remember visiting a woman in the hospital. She had just given birth to her fourth child.I asked her what his name was and she looked at me with astonishment. “Well, we have to look at him for a while and live with him a bit to know what he is like before we can give him a name.”
Naming plays an important part in the Biblical story too. From Adam and Eve naming the creatures of the earth to Moses asking for God’s name, from Jesus calling Peter ‘the Rock’ to Saul changing his name to Paul; it is clear that names were and are significant.
I hope you enjoy rambling along with me in my (Ir)Reverend Ramblings and that some of my reflections might help you think about the ‘God spot’ in your life.
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Great name, Nancy! I look forward to reading your musings.
A very good name and a very good place to start rambling, Nance.
When we were expecting our first child, we had a short list of boy`s and girl`s names. My one favourite was Caroline–it sounded like music to me. But when our daughter was born, she didn`t look anything like Caroline. My husband went home late on her first night and we still hadn`t named her. All night, another name, not on our list, was in my head. When he came back the next morning, he said, “ I think we should call her Amanda.“ That was the name in my head all night. So, she is Amanda. (And she still turned out to be musical…and many other things.)