Hearers and Seers

Coogan talks about the two primary ways that prophets receive the 411 from God on page 81-82. He talks about both those who have visions (seers) and those who hear the divine voice of God (hearers). I would make the arguement that there is one more that I have often seen in my own life, kind of a kinestetic sort. I once was at a retreat for my church in Tennessee and there was an artist who went up on stage. Without any kind of preparation of any sort, he began to paint a scene of Mary and Joseph in the manger with baby Jesus. Soon, as he continued to paint, the scene became the faceof Jesus with a crown of thorns on the cross. To see this image transformation may not have been the common definition of prophetic vision but it definitly was a divine connection to us from God. I think that often times our actions can be the most prophetic part about our lives.