A good portion of the pastor in me wants to be outraged this week. Coming back from a Fourth of July break to read about the goings on in Washington, D.C., I started to fill with indignation. Thanks ...

Cindy’s 5th grade class was assigned to present an object lesson. She brought her goldfish to school and made her ...

Jonah wasn’t scared he’d fail. He was scared he’d succeed. God said, “Go to Nineveh.” Jonah said, “No thanks,” and boarded a ...

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Thus, we live in a time when the call to be the modern day “Jonah” has rarely felt more profound or required. And, as in days past, being the “Jonah” requires a tremendous amount of courage.

The story of Jonah reminds me of some of the stuff that is going on in our country. But instead of calling out these acts of evil, it seems that many of our spiritual leaders duck.

Jonah Kagen reigns on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart for the first time, topping the May 24-dated survey with “God Needs the Devil.” The song, which rises a spot, marks Kagen’s ...

Jonah, frustrated that God has spared the undeserving, sulks under a kikayon, a caper bush. Perhaps the shrub is an inversion of God’s call to Moses to lead a salvation, emerging from a bush ...

Every called person has one. A call story is a history of “whispered words and events” that capture the soul and make you aware that God is speaking. For some of us the call-story is dramatic.

For example, at my church we recently finished a study of Jonah. I’m sure many of you are familiar with his story. He was the prophet who was instructed by God to warn the people of a certain ...