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Article: Holy intrusion: the power of dreams in the Bible.
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- June 28, 2005
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WE CHILDREN OF the Enlightenment do not regularly linger over such elusive experiences as dreams. We seek to "enlighten" what is before us and to overcome the inscrutable and the eerie in order to make the world a better, more manageable place. We do well in our management while we are awake, and we keep the light, power and control on 24/7.
Except, of course, that we must sleep. We require seasons of rest and, therefore, of vulnerability. Our control flags. We become open to stirrings that we do not initiate. Such stir rings come to us in the night unbidden. Dreams address us. They invite us beyond our initiative-taking management.
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