midst of its still greater disproportion. “Say to them, ‘I am sent me to you’ ” (Exod. 3:14). Then, but only then, the vain, upwardly rising sparks of human language can become descending tongues of flame. The name of God is the linguistic token that signifies the uniqueness of God. To be sure, divine names are as inadequate as any other such token, as common as bread and water and even less substantial. Yet somehow in the context of Scripture, worship, proclamation, and prayer, the Spirit speaks