{"id":5615,"date":"2024-05-30T03:13:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T11:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breathingspace\/?p=5615"},"modified":"2024-05-26T08:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:20:27","slug":"what-would-your-quaker-name-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breathingspace\/2024\/05\/what-would-your-quaker-name-be\/","title":{"rendered":"What Would Your Quaker Name Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
In Outlander Season Eight (now in production) we will meet Quaker characters, named after Christian virtues.\u00a0 What would your Quaker name be?<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru \/ The National Library of Wales from Wales\/Cymru, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
If you\u2019re an Outlander fan like me, you might be sad to learn <\/strong>that Season eight will be the final chapter of this great TV series<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> Set for release in late 2024 or 2025, the final season will be based on Diana Gabaldon\u2019s latest novel in the Outlander series, Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone<\/em><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 Though Gabaldon plans to write more in the Outlander book series, producers plan to wrap up the television series with season eight.<\/p>\n
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Outlandish Names<\/h2>\n****
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****The Outlander books have many names familiar to native English speakers, like Jamie, Claire, Roger, Frank, and Jenny. Yet, there are many other names, from varying languages such as French, Gaelic, and Kanyen\u2019k\u00e9ha.<\/strong> I giggled when one fan of the books mispronounced certain names that they had never heard spoken out loud. When all you see is how it appears in print, how are you supposed to know how to pronounce names like Laoghaire, Geillis, Phaedre, and Tehwahsehwkwe? These names are truly outlandish\u2014if we understand that word to mean \u201cnot from this land,\u201d or \u201cforeign.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Quaker Names<\/h2>\n*******
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*******In \u201cGo Tell the Bees That I Am Gone,\u201d the Fraser family attends a Quaker meeting.<\/strong> There, they discuss the outlandish names Quakers of that period chose for their children\u2014names like Patience, Charity, and Prudence. Historically, Quakers named their offspring after virtues they wanted the children to embody.\u00a0 In the book, they asked the question, what would you call yourself, if you named yourself after a virtue? Here are some examples of Bible characters named after virtues:<\/p>\n
\nThe apostle Saul (named after Israel\u2019s first king, a giant of a man) changed his name to Paul, which means \u201csmall.\u201d He must have wanted to offset his lofty call to ministry by giving himself a humble name.<\/li>\nPaul\u2019s friend Joseph changed his name (or had it changed for him) to Barnabas, which means \u201cSon of Encouragement.\u201d It\u2019s no question what virtue he wanted to embody.<\/li>\nIn the Hebrew Scriptures, God changed the name of Sarai (meaning \u201cShe who Strives\u201d) to Sarah\u2014 \u201cPrincess.\u201d It seems she took her position as mother of a nation quite literally!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n*******
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Named After Virtues<\/h2>\n
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Not everybody has to change their name, to be named after a virtue. <\/strong>\u00a0When I was young, I learned that my name, Gregory, means the nouns \u201cProtector\u201d and \u201cWatchman,\u201d as well as the adjectives, \u201cVigilant\u201d and \u201cFierce.\u201d\u00a0 I always took that to heart.\u00a0 Both as a pastor and now as a case manager, I have seen myself as a guardian of other people.\u00a0 So, I didn\u2019t have to change my name to be named after virtues.\u00a0 Knowing my name had a virtuous meaning was significant in my self-understanding.\u00a0 If I could pick any virtuous name, it would probably be exactly what it already is.<\/p>\n
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What Would Your Quaker Name Be?<\/h2>\n
So, what would you call yourself, if you could change your name to reflect any virtue?\u00a0 <\/strong>Would you be Piety, or Holiness, or Constance?\u00a0 Maybe Welcome or Assistance or Selflessness? If, by changing your name you could shift your focus, what would you become?\u00a0 What Virtue do you hold most dear, and what would you do, to embody that character trait even more in your life? The author of 2 Peter 1:5-7<\/a><\/span> says:<\/p>\n
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\u2026Make every effort to support your faith with excellence, and excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Make every effort, the scripture says.\u00a0 What if you placed your foremost virtue so prominently in your mind that it became as familiar to you as your own name?<\/strong>\u00a0 You become what you focus on the most, so pretty soon, you would become that outlandish virtue, and it would become you.<\/p>\n
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How Do You Want to be Known?<\/h2>\n***********
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Jesus must have thought that names were important\u2013so he chose to be called Immanuel, or \u201cGod with Us.\u201d\u00a0 Whether you change your name or not, the question remains\u2014how do you want to be known?<\/strong>\u00a0 Thus, by living out your ultimate virtue, you create a legacy that will outlast you.\u00a0 If your goal is to be like Jesus, you\u2019ll want people to see a bit of God when they look at you.<\/p>\n
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For related reading, check out my other articles:<\/h3>\n\nWhat\u2019s In a Name? Deadnaming, Misgendering & Other Rudeness<\/a><\/span><\/li>\nJesus\u2019s Secret Name\u2014It\u2019s My Name, Too!<\/a><\/span><\/li>\nHow To Be a Giveasheetmotherfather<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*************
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*************In Outlander Season Eight (now in production) we will meet Quaker characters, named after Christian virtues.\u00a0 What would your Quaker name be? If you\u2019re an Outlander fan like me, you might be sad to learn that Season eight will be the final chapter of this great TV series. 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