| The purpose of this study is to examine the dream experience of lay individuals within a framework of orthodox Christianity in order to discover God's acts of communicating comfort and guidance to his people through dreams in two United Methodist churches in western New York. The study consisted of an opening questionnaire filled out by each individual, a twelve-part seminar on dreams, participant dream journals, and a closing questionnaire to determine what changes occurred in the attitudes which the participants held toward dreams. The participants demonstrated a deeper theological understanding and personal ownership of dreams following the study. |
