Jonah: A Story of God's Love

What Kind of God, Part 1

For the month of August, we'll be looking at the story of Jonah in the Old Testament — with a creative response to the text preceding the message. This week, David Hood offered a spoken word poem based on Jonah 1. Then Justin Fung addressed the shootings in El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH, that happened within the last 24 hours; and raised some of the questions posed by today's passage, including "What kind of God do we believe in?" and "What do we do when God calls us to do the right — but hard — thing?" [Jonah 1]

God’s Presence in the Pit

Ashley Greeley offers a creative response to the prayer of Jonah 2, and Andrea Ackermann reflects on where God is in the midst of our troubles. [Jonah 2]

Nineveh Repents

Justin Fung reads Deryn van der Tang's poetic response to Jonah 3. Dana Cunliffe walks us through Jonah chapter three, focusing on the Ninevites. She reminds us that God is at work, and there is always hope that powerful and wicked systems and empires can change. [Jonah 3]

What Kind of God, Part 2

This week, Justin Fung wraps up our series on Jonah. He urges us to see ourselves as Jonah in the story, and highlights what Jonah 4 teaches us about God's mercy and why we should love our enemies. [Jonah 3:10-4:11]