The Gospel of John, chapter 11 – On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many folks had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out […]

Jonah, Chapter 3, the begrudged prophet It’s a three day journey across Nineveh. Jonah walks one day across. Scripture says that Jonah proclaims, “In forty days more and Nineveh will be destroyed.” Spoken like a true prophet of old. Jonah has done the thing he was called to do in the beginning. Finally. It took […]

Jonah – So now what? When Jonah was drowning, God provided a great fish to save Jonah. When he was at his most disobedient and broken after he was thrown into the water, God still saved his life. God does the same for us. Awesome, right? God gave Jonah the gift of a fish’s belly […]

In the Darkness of the Whale – Jonah’s Three Days September 1, 2014 So often we think of darkness as a bad thing. The term “dark” has even become the catch-all adjective for anything pertaining to tragedy, evil, pessimism, or loneliness. “O, did you see that movie? …Dark.” or “There’s no hope for the environment.” […]