Book Description and Chapter Outline

Dreams in the Desert is about journeying through Spiritual dryness and darkness.  It is about a journey from a simple faith to a more rich and deep faith.  It is about finding an inward path to greater awareness and consciousness through dream analysis and Christian Scriptural reflection.  This Spiritual memoir chronicles a personal inner struggle and the important lessons learned during that time.  It is a book to help others learn to go deeper by pondering how the story may relate to their own unique path.  Each chapter includes a Biblical passage, actual personal dream material, insight, and reflection questions.  Remember, external life informs our inner journey, while inner awareness impacts our unique external life. Dream on!

Chapter Outline:

Introduction

Chapter One:  Entering the Desert.

     Jesus in the Wilderness    (Matthew 4:1-11)

     My walk into the Desert

     My childhood seeds of faith

     Learning to journal

Chapter Two:  Go West Young Man

     Jesus and Nicodemus   (John 3:1-10)

     Trying to grasp the Spirit in the External only

     The rational answers to nagging questions

     The Wind blows West

Chapter Three:  Nourished by Living Water

     Jesus and the Woman at the Well (John 4:5-15)

     My deep thirst.

     Becoming Quasimodo:  Meeting Nancy

     My first dreams:  The Stump Dream and A Storm is Coming

Chapter Four:  The Power of Dreams

     Dream wisdom in the Bible (Job 33:14-17)

     Practical dream analysis

     People, places and symbols in dreams

     Dream:  The desire to get better

Chapter Five:  The Brokenness Within

     Jesus and Peter”s deep fishing (Luke 5:1-8)

     Deep fishing

     Missing the Mark

     Dreams:  The Muddy Pants and My father going to the doctor

Chapter Six:  Finding Your Voice

     Let your light shine (Matthew 5:14-16)

     Light the dark places

     Find that inner voice.

     Dreams: Celebrating and seeking God’s words and Lost at a Speech Tournament

Chapter Seven:  Take a Walk On the Wild Side

     John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-12)

     What does it mean to be wild

     Models of manhood

     Dream:  The wild man basketball player

Chapter Eight:  Jesus Hugs our Inner Child

     Jesus embraces a child (Mark 9:33-37)

     Greatness is in the embrace of a child

     Letting Jesus hug your inner child

     Dream:  Wanting to hide

Chapter Nine:  Mother May I

     Mary at the Cross (John 19:25-27)

     Mary as Mother

     Our Inner Mothers

     Dreams: The vicious cats and Dancing with my Mom

Chapter Ten:  A Sleeping Giant

     The near sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-12)

     Abraham as father

     The father within

     Dreams: In the Army and Hail to old Purdue

Chapter Eleven:  Dancing with Your Anima

     Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:20-24)

     Relationships

     The inner process of relationships

     Dreams:  My mom and my anima and Struggle with the feminine within

Chapter Twelve:  Keep the Mirror in Your Face

     David and Nathan (2 Samuel 11: 27b- 12:7a)

     You are the man

     Projections and keeping the mirror in your face

     Dreams: Exposed for all to see and Halloween Villain in the Cathedral

Chapter Thirteen:  Burning Hearts

     The road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-32)

     Were not our hearts burning?

     God surrounds us with love in unexpected ways

     Walking out of the desert

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