I recently re-read the story many call “Jonah and the whale” and I could not help but compare Jonah and Nineveh with the Philippines. Filipinos today are much like Jonah when it comes to calling out ...

There have been two solar eclipses: The first occurred on August 21st, 2017, and the second one will occur on April 8th, 2024. It appears that these two eclipses mark a giant "X marks the spot" on ...

We here in southern Illinois are about to be at the center of the umbra for the eclipse of a lifetime. I've been waiting for this one ever since I heard about it when I was growing up here 48 years ...

(RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. (RNS) — The Book of Jonah is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Because of what is ...

Find today’s readings here. While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of ...

Sometime after the fish vomited Jonah onto dry land, the word of the Lord comes to him yet again, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” (Jonah 3 ...

Darth Vader is Luke’s father. Bruce Willis is a ghost. In a narrative twist millennia before those cinematic classics, the rabbis offered their own: The King of Nineveh is actually Pharaoh of Egypt.

You’ve probably heard the story of Jonah and the great fish. But did you know that the disobedient prophet was “swallowed up” not once but three times? Let me explain. First, Jonah was swallowed up by ...