Don't miss Todd Weir's bloomingcactus post for this week: "Give Jonah a Break." In this article, Todd explores both the Jonah text and the Mark text in terms of contrasting response to the call of God.
"Several years ago Michael Lerner wrote a book called “The Politics of Meaning.” Lerner said that to often we give up on our deepest held values of compassion, caring and community because they do not seem practical in the real world. Instead, an ethos of selfishness and materialism prevails by default. These are the values that we settle for when our deeper values seem out of reach."
Check out also in this article, Weir's illustration from the tv show, Early Edition. It's a keeper - if not for this week, then for another week's texts!
