Much has been posted of late on social media concerning immigration and refugees. Those who oppose allowing refugees into the country will post various inflammatory claims and half truths to convince us they are protecting us from violent extremists. Those in favour are equally guilty of exaggerating the truth by trying to convince us that we are their only hope, and our economy will collapse without them. (more…)
Jonah is, to me, a kindred spirit. If Jonah and I went to high school together, we would have been friends. The book of Jonah is an origins story, a record of the events that turned Jonah from a young man focused on himself to a servant of God focused on others. We tend to compare him critically to the likes of Moses or Elijah, but we forget that the stories that make these men great came later in their lives after they had their own Jonah events. The story of Jonah is the story before he became a man, before he became a prophet of God. (more…)
