As we read through Jonah’s prayer, it is a prayer that we can make our own. It is a prayer of deliverance and thanksgiving said in the space between the chaos ending and restoration being obtained.
Jonah 2 – A Psalm of Thanksgiving Read More »
Jonah flees from God and God’s instruction into a tempestuous chaos. Like Jonah, the natural and consequent result in fleeing from God is that life becomes chaotic, and we are tossed like a ship caught in a tempest upon the sea.
Jonah 1:4-17 – Sailors and Angels Read More »
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.
Jonah 1:1-3 – A Call and Response Read More »
The story is about Jonah’s response to God’s call of redemption and reconciliation of the enemy. Our story is about the depth of God’s grace and mercy towards his disobedient servant Jonah and his rependant enemy Assyria.
The Book of Jonah – An Introduction Read More »
There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree.
1 John 5 – Water, Blood, Spirit Read More »
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
1 John 4 – Love and Fear Read More »
In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another .
1 John 4 – God’s Love Read More »
Little children, you are of God, and have overcome the spirit of the antichrist, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4 – Whom do we Serve? Read More »
Little children, let us not love in word or speech but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3 – To Whom do we Belong? Read More »
