I suppose it takes a little explaining.  Jonah has been ridiculed so often - mostly about that big fish - that it has been neglected of late.  But this should not be.  Jonah is a story that has much to teach us.  Jonah, after all, is a man caught in trouble of his own making.  Most of us will call on God when we are troubled by external events - but we're a little more reluctant to pray when we know we're in this mess because of own mouth and hands.

Jonah is the story of just such a man.