Thanks, Kevin. Such a fine line between dream as delusion and dream as deeper revelation, yet the heart seems able to sift the difference. Funny this whole grace business.
I love how the feeling between the two is roughly the same, though the truth of each certainly isn't. But I'm curious - where do you see grace in divining the difference?
Great question! There are two markers I’ve come to discern in my own faith journey: that the subliminal experience leads to a greater sense of reality, (often very painfully); and, it feels relational, ie bears comparison with encounters with other people, and is not pure escapism or indeed self-serving. These are the hallmarks of grace for me, and helped me make sense of Genesis 22. Which, of course, then eventually becomes the ultimate counterintuitive icon. Does this resonate?
Epiphany might be a little grand for anything I've experienced. It feels like an encounter with a person that's so intense it reshapes how I feel about everything. At its heart is a love that defies expression. Even I couldn't have made that up, and I'm a fiction writer!
Thanks, Kevin. Such a fine line between dream as delusion and dream as deeper revelation, yet the heart seems able to sift the difference. Funny this whole grace business.
I love how the feeling between the two is roughly the same, though the truth of each certainly isn't. But I'm curious - where do you see grace in divining the difference?
Great question! There are two markers I’ve come to discern in my own faith journey: that the subliminal experience leads to a greater sense of reality, (often very painfully); and, it feels relational, ie bears comparison with encounters with other people, and is not pure escapism or indeed self-serving. These are the hallmarks of grace for me, and helped me make sense of Genesis 22. Which, of course, then eventually becomes the ultimate counterintuitive icon. Does this resonate?
That absolutely resonates. A sort of relational epiphany, then?
And thanks for mentioning Genesis 22! It's definitely one of the more troubling but iconic images of both faith and grace that I've ever seen.
Epiphany might be a little grand for anything I've experienced. It feels like an encounter with a person that's so intense it reshapes how I feel about everything. At its heart is a love that defies expression. Even I couldn't have made that up, and I'm a fiction writer!