In the original Hebrew, the Book of Jonah begins with a word that can be translated “and it happened…” many times, including the King James Version, where it was translated “Now it came to pass.”  And so begins the story of Jonah.  It is unique among the prophetic books in that it is entirely narrative in nature.  Other books of the prophets include sections of narrative but only Jonah is exclusively about the prophet.  This week we begin a four part series on this short but very interesting book.