Fleeing God
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Fleeing God

Fear, Call, and the Book of Jonah

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eBook - ePub

Fleeing God

Fear, Call, and the Book of Jonah

About this book

What does a big fish story like the Book of Jonah have to tell us about our relationship with God? Surprisingly, a great deal. In the story of the reluctant prophet we are invited to explore the times when we, like Jonah, have been less than enthusiastic about God's call. The humor of the original story serves, as it does in Jesus' parables, to draw in listeners and reveal our own flaws.

Fleeing God is an exploration of the ways in which we encounter God. Not all encounters are times of great joy. If we are honest, we have also had those times when we would have preferred to head off in the opposite direction from God. Using Jonah's story and her own, Tara Soughers explores not only the cost of fleeing God, but also the surprising lessons that we learn on the way, even from the belly of a "big fish." Grace comes in unexpected ways.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Dedication
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 - Call and Jonah
  8. Chapter 2 - Fish Stories
  9. Chapter 3 - Jonah, Son of Amittai, From Gath-hepher
  10. Chapter 4 - Call on Your God!
  11. Chapter 5 - Tell Us Why
  12. Chapter 6 - What Shall We Do?
  13. Chapter 7 - Lord, Forgive Us
  14. Chapter 8 - Facing Death
  15. Chapter 9 - A Very Large Fish
  16. Chapter 10 - Answer to Prayer?
  17. Chapter 11 - Prayer in the Midst of Darkness
  18. Chapter 12 - Go to Nineveh (Again!)
  19. Chapter 13 - Woe to Nineveh!
  20. Chapter 14 - The Conversion of Nineveh
  21. Chapter 15 - Changing God’s Mind
  22. Chapter 16 - Let Me Die
  23. Chapter 17 - Jonah’s Pout
  24. Chapter 18 - Jonah, the Bush, the Worm, and the Sultry East Wind
  25. Chapter 19 - Angry Enough to Die
  26. Chapter 20 - What about Nineveh?
  27. Chapter 21 - What Next?
  28. Questions for Discussion
  29. Endnotes
  30. About the Author