The overturning love of God
(Paid Version)- Year B; Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20
This week’s readings can be found here.
Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1
The whole story of Jonah is absurd. Everything that we think should happen, every stereotype we have in our minds is upended by the Jonah story. In this story, God’s prophet (the one who is to speak the voice of God) rebells against God. Pagan sailors (who are supposed to be rough and self-intereste…