Moses and His Whale of Many Colors. . .

So there we are in Sunday School and a new person is introduced. . . a college student majoring in psychology because she wants to help folk.

So there we are in Sunday School and the readings for the week include the book of Jonah. You remember the story: God tells Jonah do this, Jonah says no, flees, big storm, Jonah is tossed, a fish (big) scoops him up and spits him out in Nineveh. God says tell them but Jonah fears they will listen and avoid destruction and as feared, they listen, repent and get saved. Moral, God's gonna make you so you might as well anyway. Right? Or perhaps, God forgives, even foreigners, so get over it. Or perhaps. . .

So there we are in Sunday School, Jonah read, and the new student, psychology major (in college) asks, "I've always wondered what the significance of having the animals enter the ark two-by two is." . . . (hint, sex) . . . and we all just stare.

Noah?

So there we are in Sunday School and we're contemplating the deeper significance of Jonah miffed because God is generous to Nineveh while failing to see the irony of himself saved by the same generosity. . . and the new kid suggests that Jonah is upset because he knows Jesus is going to destroy the world and there is nothing he can do about it?

Jesus?

So there we are in Sunday School and I'm miffed by a young college pup who cannot get her stories or timeline right.

So there we are in Sunday School and I'm miffed at being miffed.

Ironic huh?