Prophets: Words of Fire

The prophets of old -- Moses, Elijah, Amos, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Job and others -- were truth-tellers who announced God's will. Sometimes strangely dressed, other times seemingly mad, their attention was riveted on the time and troubles in which they lived. Curiously enough, the troubles of yesterday are also the troubles of today: poverty and injustice, idolatry and abuse of power.

We often search among different spiritualities for guidance on how to lead our lives and how to find that kernel of truth, forgetting that all were originally derived from Scripture -- the words of Scripture pronounced by the prophets and then again by Jesus, the last prophet. Drawing on Scripture and a treasure house of stories, especially from the Jewish tradition, McKenna breathes life into the prophets and opens their messages to us.

Stories and meditations on the biblical prophets--those called by God to lead their people to justice. McKenna draws on scripture and a treasure house of stories from many traditions, to bring their compelling stories to light.

Contents

1. The Prophet

2. Moses: Prophet-Liberator

3. Elijah and Elisha: The Prophet and His Disciple

4. Amos and Hosea: The Northern Prophets

5. Jeremiah and Zephaniah: The Long March to Jerusalem

6. Micah and Isaiah: The Southern Prophets

7. Lamentations and Ezekiel: The Pain and Hope of Exile

8. Second Isaiah

9. Third Isaih, Haggai, Zecharizh, Malachi: Prophets of Return

10. Mahum Habakkuk Obadiah, Jonah, Nehemiah, Ezra, Daniel, Joel

11. “Would That All Yahweh's People Were Prophets!”