Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Psychoanalysis.

So, there's this one kind of smiley professor woman who advises the ministerial students, and she is always very upbeat and looks on the positive side of things, and yesterday when this guy was talking about Pentecostal churches in Africa, she chipped in that she was a psychotherapist, and she had this one Nigerian nun sent to her by her superior for personal issues, and she had the hardest time talking with her about herself because the nun kept being like, "Myself, what do you mean? I am a member of the church," and she wouldn't allow herself any identity outside of her official church identity, and her previous family identity, somewhat.

But, one day the nun came in and was like, "I had this dream," and she was all prepared to figure out what it meant for her. After that, the one smiley professor woman began to think that all the dreams and visions and spirits that many African Christians have in their daily lives is a way for them to talk about themselves as individuals in cultures that a lot of times don't allow for that.

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