You have not lost your faith. You have outgrown the image of God you were given, and no one told you that was supposed to happen.   For most spiritually serious adults, the image of God they carry was handed to them in childhood or early adulthood by a community, a tradition, a parent, a pastor. That image worked for a while. It provided comfort, structure, and belonging. But at some point, usually in the middle of a successful, full, responsible life, the image stopped fitti

Many people tell me their dreams feel different lately.   More vivid. More persistent. More emotionally charged. They wake with an image or a feeling that stays with them long after the day begins.   Often, the question that follows is simple: Should I be paying attention to this?   Dreams don’t arrive by accident. But we’re often left without instructions on how to understand their language. They speak in images, emotions, and scenes that resist tidy explanation. That can ma