(RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza.

God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese.

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(RNS) — The Book of Jonah is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Because of what is happening in the Middle East right now, the Book of Jonah is especially relevant to us today. Jonah is not ...

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

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 ...

Jonah* Mr. Nathan Sees a Figure in the Desert The Story. Jonah the prophet lived in the desert, daily companioned by such birds and beasts as lions, mice, gazelles and ravens, lying down at night ...

Their subjects are two favorite Biblical figures: the Good Shepherd and the prophet Jonah. Fear of Idolatry.

Jonah invites not only to examine our willingness to forgive, but to recognize the ways in which we refuse to acknowledge our responsibility to do the work necessary for the world’s redemption.

There is so much more to Jonah, the man who we remember for reportedly spending three days in the belly of the whale.

(JTA) — If one were to imagine what the prophet Jonah saw on his way down into the gullet of the whale, it might be something like this: He slides feet first into its mouth on two inches of warm ...

He is the third-most-widely read poet in history, after Shakespeare and Lao-tzu. He was a New Yorker and an Arab American. His writing has influenced song lyrics, novels and speeches, and inspired ...