The Power of Naming

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Language is powerful. We have seen recently on the world stage how the choice in language can sway large groups of people to either reject or identify strongly with orators. I feel the power of language when my fingers slide across the keyboard, or when I nail a phrase that perfectly captures my thoughts. And amongst language, there is perhaps nothing more powerful than naming: when the essence of a person, object or idea is condensed into one word.

In the Bible, one of the fir...