The All Name Hall of Fame.

Names: The report this morning said that new research has revealed that children as young as 12 months who do not respond to their name may be autistic. Names - they mean something to us don't they.

Names: With apologies to Shake sphere "a rose by any other name" might be as sweet but if you asked me to come smell a skunk I'd probably think you'd lost it.

Names: I was blessed with a good name. I've not always kept it up but hope that when the balance is done I will pass on a name still healthy to my sons.

Names: My mom's family has several folks in the "all name hall of fame": There's Inez, and Woollen, and Joleen, and Bervie, and Rey. She has an uncle named Pub and dad has one who goes by Pie, or is it the other way around.

Names: Biblically God seems to think names are important. He named Adam, changed Jacob's name, and Abram's. Saul became Paul and Joses became Barnabas.

Names: Then there's name calling. And for anyone who believes names are not significant imagine crying one of the names of derision you've heard for some societal group in a crowded theater.

Names: Some say the name on the front of the building means nothing - they don't know what they are saying. Names are significant. I would not name a church trying to give glory to God after some man, or doctrine. The name can lie - it may claim to belong to Christ but really not, so a name can deceive, but it also reveals.

Names: Your name and mine. How we behave, what we say and do is significant for someday the Lord will call our name and judge us. Take care of it.