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With so many people hurting right now, I want to be available to everyone. But I’ll never be able to hold all that responsibility in my tiny little pockets. Jesus never asked me to.

I know we can’t peg Jesus’ personality type (although die-hard Enneagram or Myers-Briggs types might try!), but I do think his example offers comfort and encouragement to us introverted folks.

“Who am I to lead?” I’ve asked myself that many times. Maybe you have too, as a new Christian. As if our story is separate from the Church, and we don’t belong.

Just like the parable, EC “sold” what she had, so she could follow Jesus’s calling. She knew Jesus was the far greater treasure.

For so many reasons, I really appreciated Crane’s book. It was specifically written for me and anyone else with a multiethnic identity.

Suffice it to say, it seems like more than a few connections can be made between our situation and Jonah’s in-the-belly waiting.

As campus was closing due to COVID, we felt an invitation to step into the unknown and experiment and learn, to be a community committed to each other even when separated.

I heard a sermon about how the true beauty of healing prayer lies in its portrayal of the kingdom of heaven. It invites us to know Jesus more intimately. I didn’t really understand this until I saw healing prayer work differently than I expected.

Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah.

Right now it may be hard to think of anything long-term—even the next five minutes may seem overwhelming—but God is faithful and asks us to not only look at the next five minutes with anticipation but to also find peace in knowing that he has all our minutes, hours, and days.