Oh, Jonah. Why you wanna be so mad at God?

Oh, Jonah. Why you wanna be so mad at God?

Habakkuk has writer's block -- no word from the Lord to share. And that's problematic, if you're a prophet. Or maybe just if you're a person who wishes God would hurry the f*** up and make things right. The help you need to hang in there while you wait on s-l-o-o-o-w God -- that's what we're here for.

Heaven = pearly gates, golden streets? Hell = fiery lake, eternal torment? Nah. It's "the day of the Lord" we're waiting for, living for, and Zephaniah wants to help us want what God wants.

Take a look at those parables in the middle of Luke that aren't in the other gospels. They're strange and lovely. The Parables of Lost Things in Luke 15 are among our favorites, for good reason. What happened to that young man? Where is his mama?

Ministry intern Jenny Jacobson says what God really really wants is... well, little things, like justice, and kindness, and humility before God. And she says it in the loveliest way, with the prophet Micah's help.

Ministry intern Jenny Jacobson says what God really really wants is... well, little things, like justice, and kindness, and humility before God. And she says it in the loveliest way, with the prophet Micah's help.

Amos looks at economic inequity, the systemic brokenness wherein the poor get poorer and the rich are “cows of Bashan”, and says, “God really really doesn’t want that.” Are we, in our churches and in our politics, thinking and talking about poverty with the same passion? Why not?

Jay (our brand-new intern from Brite Divinity School) takes on Joel -- a contextless prophet whose mysterious identity leaves us with lots of interpretive choices. But while we're choosing, the earth is burning with wildfire, plague, drought, and famine. What does God think about that?

The “Minor” Prophets of the Hebrew Bible can see it -- what God really, really wants -- and they'll do just about anything to tell us what they see. Starting with Hosea, we'll let them have their say over seven potentially painful weeks. 

This is my son, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased.