"The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: "Go to the great city of Ninevah and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the L ORD . - Jonah 1:1-3 We just watched the production of "Jonah" at Sight and Sound Theatres for the second time. It is a powerful performance, with so many messages for us. Although the play follows the scripture very closely, there are parts that have to be fictionalized to make it long enough to be a 2 1/2 hour production. In this play, Jonah was angry with the Ninevites because during one of their sieges his father was killed. The Bible does not state , however, why Jonah did not want the Ninevites to be spared....