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A Christian story-teller, poet, and thinker writing from Ottawa, Ontario.


This verse paraphrase of the Book of Jonah in four parts offers a vivid re-telling of the prophet’s hazardous journey from the belly of the fish to the streets of Nineveh, wrapped in a unique chiastic structure. The poem is supported by a detailed historical context, literary analysis as well as devotional reflections.