By the Light of Dreams

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:56:01 GMT

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This Advent, look for God in the quiet of the night and practice listening to God in your dreams.

Throughout scripture, God sends dreams to inspire the dreamer and, in turn, all of God's people. What do these dreams found in the Bible teach us about God, Jesus, and our journey of faith? And what about our own dreams? What do they have to tell us about these vital questions?

In By the Light of Dreams, a daily Advent devotional, spiritual director Laura Huff Hileman explores how dreams and visions—both those in scripture and our own—show us God's transformative presence in our lives and help us trust the inherent, unbreakable bond between ourselves and the divine.

Beginning with the familiar Advent dreams about the coming of the Christ child in Matthew's gospel, Hileman invites us to wonder, practice, and play with these sacred visions as we move through the Advent season. Each day, she offers a teaching followed by a reflective practice and a prayer to deepen our understanding and imagination of God's presence with us through dreams.

Throughout, Hileman shares contemporary dreams that illustrate how dreamwork is an ancient-but-new spiritual practice, a doorway into meaning and sacred mystery for seekers of all sorts. A prayerful dreamwork practice, she suggests, opens a way of being in deeper relationship with God, with your soul, and with other people in and beyond the church.

This Advent, open your heart and mind to the transformative power of dreams as you explore this Way of Wisdom for living out God's dream for the world today.