Exile: Extinction and survival
My church goes off-lectionary frequently. Part of me is sympathetic: I, too, grow weary of the cycle at times, and I long for something different to ponder. Part of me mourns the fact that we're not in sync with the larger Christian world; when we're on-lectionary, I love knowing that Christians of all sorts throughout the world are reading the same texts.
On Sunday my church heard about the Babylonian exile. We had already explored the Assyrian exile.
How interesting to read these stories in light of all the migration, forced and voluntary, happening through the world today. We live in a time when more humans are on the move across the globe than any time since the end of World War II. Our various cultures will be shaped and changed by this movement.
