Detective of Dreams

Michael Straight · 03 Mar 1998, 09:00 · from urth-v0007.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: (urth) Detective of Dreams
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:00:02
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On 3 Mar 1998, Tony Ellis wrote:

> "MBS" wrote
> >2)  In a similar vein, I just finished reading "Detective of Dreams"=20
> >and was wondering if I "got" this one...  Something about a church=20
> >and Jesus... right??
>=20
> The dreams are all Christ's parables, re-told.

Which parable is the last dream (the one where the woman watches her
husband fly to pieces when he orders the Stranger shot)?

-Rostrum

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