This book is a masterpiece and deserves the reputation and praise it has received. If I hated this book we would change names. You? You’re named after an onion.” I decided to read Revelations of Divine Love before he was born so that he would also have a great spiritual master to turn to when he wanted to more know about his own name. But we wondered if years from now it would make him feel left out to be told “Your brother is named after a philosopher whose work shaped my thinking more than any man that isn’t Jesus. We liked the name Julian, so went with it. When it came time to name our second son Paige and I were talking about a variety of names when this song came on. I hope that one day he will be curious about his own name and pick up a copy of Fear and Trembling and grow from it. My first son, Soren, is named after Søren Kierkegaard because of the great influence he has had on my faith. I chose it for one very simple reason: I planned on naming my son Julian. This month I read Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich. To find out why I would do such a thing check out my previous post about that very thing. As part of my ongoing attempt to expand my understanding of Christianity I have been reading old books.
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