3 results for tag: Jonah

“Sweep me away” – A Poem of Jonah – Jessica Boudreaux

A Pseudo-Psalm, by a Pseudo-Jonah:Jessica Boudreaux - Destroy them Lord -And then destroy me, tooFor i have also done evilBefore Your ever-searching eyesAnd am no longer worthyTo be called Your childBut unlike Nineveh that Great City,I kick and fight and screamEven now sheltered and safeInside this giant whale,(For me an Ark In The Sea)And still refuse to receiveThe Word that of Your kindnessThat was also meant for me-Always resisting submitting toThis vast Ocean of Love and PeaceThat is always flowing from You-So how is it that with their blindNinevite-eyes they can seeThat they are seen,And so effortlessly receiveThe Words that I ...

July 2023

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: Mental Health Care: A Christian Response – pg. 1 Show Your Cards, Not Your Trophies – pg. 2 Two Ships that Pass in the Night – pg. 5 Elevator Dogmatics – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

God and Jonah: Ships Passing in the Night – by Greg Albrecht

Many, even those unfamiliar with the Bible, have heard of Jonah. Most remember the story of Jonah as it is depicted in children's books—a man named Jonah who was swallowed by a big fish and lived to tell the tale. As we go a little deeper into the story (deeper even than the whale went with Jonah) we see that Jonah is yet another biblical example of how humans can completely misunderstand God. We can misunderstand God as Jonah did, and in terms of our relationship with God, be, as he was, like two Ships that Pass in the Night.    The book of Jonah begins with God telling Jonah to go to Nineveh, the capital city of the Assyrian ...