There have been two solar eclipses: The first occurred on August 21st, 2017, and the second one will occur on April 8th, 2024. It appears that these two eclipses mark a giant "X marks the spot" on ...
Many readers may be familiar with events from the book of Jonah such as his journey through a tempestuous storm, being swallowed by a large fish and the repentance of the people of Nineveh. Less so ...
Is there a more singular, better known or more beloved prophet that Jonah? In him, we recognize both the humanity in greatness and the greatness in human frailty. Called by the Lord to speak to the ...
"Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you." In part two of our story, God sends Jonah on a mission of peace into the heart of the brutal empire, just ...
I recently re-read the story many call “Jonah and the whale” and I could not help but compare Jonah and Nineveh with the Philippines. Filipinos today are much like Jonah when it comes to calling out ...
As Yom Kippur draws to a close, we read the deceptively simple book of Jonah. Three themes tie this all-too-relevant story together: the emptiness of self-absorption, the possibility that those who ...