Our name stands at the heart of our identity, summarizing the uniqueness of who we are in just one word. To change a person s name is to send their life in a new trajectory, to expect them to take on a new character. That s exactly what happens in many stories in the Bible. Namesake introduces us to people from Scripture whose lives and names were forever changed by an encounter with God. The stories of Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, Joshua, Naomi, Daniel, Peter Paul, the Unnamed Woman and even God Himself demonstrate the possibility of the great revolutionary effect changing a name can have. Through their stories, we learn about God's transformative power and the names of those who met Him and were never the same again. In addition to the Biblical stories, Namesake introduces us to the stories of modern day people whose names had an unusual mark on their lives: the youngest of five sisters whose parents named her Enuf, a boy whose HIV positive mother named him God s gift before giving him up for adoption to a family on another continent, a premature baby whose short life forever changed the destiny of a little girl named Grace, and many more. At the intersection of the Biblical and modern stories we find our own identities cradled in God s hands. We discover that God wants to be just as intimately involved in our stories, offering transformation and an identity that shines with the purpose for which we were created. Ultimately we are driven to ask: Does God have a new purpose, a new identity, a new name for us? "
Broken & Blessed: God Changes the World One Person and One Family At A Time (Broken and Blessed)
