I Dreamed of Oil by Theric Jepson: Audio Story

What happens when the miraculous feels both ordinary and overwhelming?

In I Dreamed of Oil, a short story from the Spring 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, author Theric Jepson recounts a dream in which a vial of apostle-blessed consecrated oil is accidentally spilled on the narrator. What follows is not a dramatic transformation, but something quieter and more intimate: colicky babies calm at their touch, wounds fade, and the narrator wrestles with questions of worthiness, faith, and the burden of holiness.

Through lyrical prose and rich symbolism, Jepson explores the fragile interplay between the sacred and the everyday, the miraculous and the mundane, culminating in a deep yearning not for power but for shared grace.

Credits:
Story by Theric Jepson, originally published in the Spring 2025 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
Read by Lola Binkerd.
Produced and edited by Daniel Foster Smith. Original music by Daniel Foster Smith.