Jonah is not an allegory or a piece of fiction. It is a real story of a real man that actually happened. If Jonah actually happened, then the next question is, what are we supposed to learn from this account?
No matter how good life has been, how successful, how many things have gone your way, we all face times when we want to start over. As leaders, men, fathers and sons, business owners, friends, mentors, peers, we mess up. A lot.
Never view a cultural challenge first through a political, emotional or economic lens. As a leader, the issue of racial division in our society is an opportunity to lead. Focus on it then, through your eyes as a leader.
Despite all the experience we now have living through a pandemic, we haven’t come close to figuring out the one thing we all want the answer to: what’s next?