So to seek to live under the Sign of Jonah is to be flawed but faithful. It is to remember that the message is always more important than the messenger. It is to proclaim that message, even if we don’t understand the complete shape of it, even if we don’t completely agree with it, even if we don’t know God’s purpose within it. But it is also to seek such an understanding of God that, like Jonah, we can be enlightened.
