I couldn’t help remembering that God called the prophet Jonah to go to Nineveh, the greatest city of the Assyrians, the most powerful enemies of the people of Israel. Although I did not yet know the word exegesis, I understood that a call to Nineveh meant a call to follow God that would take me out of my comfort zone—wherever that might be—a call that would embarrass and unsettle me, a call to radical faith.
