I’d been a Christian six months when my pastor asked me to preach on a Sunday evening. Influenced by the story of Jonah, I chose to speak about God’s call to the ministry.

In Jonah 1:1-3, God tells Jonah, “Go to Nineveh to preach against its wickedness.” Instead, he ran from God’s call, boarding a ship at Joppa that sailed the opposite direction. January’s columns will focus on Jonah’s journey to learn how God redirects the steps we’ve mis-taken.