Previous Jehoiakim Next Zedekiah A Pharaoh who has failed at everything attempts to drown himself in his beloved Nile river, but is rescued, as always, by a devoted servant. I tilt my head back onto the solid shoulder that I…

Previous Jeremiah Next Pharaoh Hophra A disdainful king derides Jeremiah’s prophecies and burns his scrolls. Let these leaves be useful. Let them clean my knife. Let them sharpen my blade. They can bring no light. Let them bring needed heat. Author’s…

Previous Hezekiah Next Jehoiakim When a boy is driven insane by God’s thrusting prophecy on him, a school of prophets rescues him and restores him to health. I opened my soul to God and he invaded it, making connections across…

Previous Jonah Next Jeremiah A king of Judah prepares to destroy a bronze serpent and an Asherah tree on the Temple grounds as he remembers how he had played in their shade as a child. I have approached them slowly,…

Previous Jehu Next Hezekiah Compelled to leave all that he loves, an unwilling prophet prepares to travel to an evil city and dreams of returning to his quiet life. I cannot hide from this compulsion. It screams at me from…

Previous Hazael Next Jonah Unexpectedly anointed king of Israel, a general kills everyone in his path who will not get behind him and takes control of the palace. I act. I don’t think. I don’t feel. I act. I move…

The prophet Elisha shows an Assyrian general that he will conquer and destroy Israel, but, in doing so, will save Israel from an even worse fate. “This prophet is weeping. He has told me joyous news, the news that I…

Previous Ahab Next Hazael After a discontinuous life of confusion and suffering, Elijah, leaving our world in a fiery chariot, learns who he really is. In this whirlwind, time explodes. Identity returns. A sudden loss of forgetting, and I know…

Previous Obadiah Next Elijah Description The king of Israel comforts Jezebel, his wife, Jezebel, on the night before her priests confront the prophet Elijah. Jezebel cries when I hold her, late at night.  I hear her words repeating in a…

An administrator’s patience is tested as he tries to his a rambunctious mob of prophets from the king. “I can tell you this: a scroll survives into the future, with prophecies written under your name.” This section was written for…