To sleep, to dream: Bob Ward’s Thought for the Week

‘What are our Quaker dreams, our visions?’

by Bob Ward 21st March 2025

Drained, no doubt, by his life as an itinerant preacher and healer, Jesus sometimes felt the need to step aside to pray for the spiritual strength to continue his mission. In Luke 9:28-36, he wanted to be alone to do this. He asked certain disciples to keep watch, so that he might not be disturbed. Returning, he found that they had nodded off to sleep. He scolded them, but perhaps they too were justly wearied by the demanding life they led.