1.0Story Magazinehttps://www.luthersem.edu/storyJoe Mannhttps://www.luthersem.edu/story/author/jmann003/Changing places: Dislocation and mission - Luther Seminaryrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NuAQtSoh1b"><a href="https://www.luthersem.edu/story/2012/11/02/changing-places-dislocation-and-mission/">Changing places: Dislocation and mission</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.luthersem.edu/story/2012/11/02/changing-places-dislocation-and-mission/embed/#?secret=NuAQtSoh1b" width="600" height="338" title="“Changing places: Dislocation and mission” — Story Magazine" data-secret="NuAQtSoh1b" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I’m surprised by the power and simplicity of this testimony throughout the pages of Scripture. Our witness as people of God seems to gain clarity and force when we are in movement, on a journey, following a path, away from home—in a word, when we are migrant. And it’s amazing how often the people of God are on the move in Scripture, changing places: Abraham, Moses, the children of Israel in the wilderness, the Exile, Ruth, Jesus, the Disciples and Paul—to name a few.