Holy intrusion: the power of dreams in the Bible Jewelry Portal BR

Holy intrusion: the power of dreams in the Bible

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.

The ancient world and the biblical tradition knew about dreams. The ancients understood that the unbidden communication in the night opens sleepers to a world different from the one they manage during the day. The ancients dared to imagine, moreover, that this unbidden communication is one venue in which the holy purposes of God, perplexing and unreasonable as they might be, come to us. They knew too that this communication is not obvious. It requires interpretation.(Continue Reading)

The new wave in shock absorbers: the promise of an old idea is finally fulfilled with a new innovation in technology
Over the past two model years, General Motors (GM) has introduced one of the most interesting and potentially far-reaching new technologies ever developed ...(Continue Reading)

Data is key to understanding and improving safety: road safety audits, more efficient data collection, and a new software tool promise to make our highways
Before the dawn of the Information Age and the invention of the computer, safety leaders recognized the need for data on highway traffic crashes as early as the 1920s. A national conference on Stre(Continue Reading)

New Testament
Jesus and Gospel. By Graham N. Stanton. (Cambridge University Press, 252 pp., $24.00 paperback.) The title of this volume only hints at the rich offerings ...(Continue Reading)

In a family way: GM gives birth to a new generation of V-6 powerplants that promise to be world class - Product
Once the preserve of luxury car powerplants, variable valve timing is now spreading to more mainstream engines. Case in point: the arrival of General ...(Continue Reading)

ASA News
(Continue Reading)