In the Bible, God sends people away from home to places they have not seen. Abram is sent “to the land I will show you” (Genesis 12:1), and the apostles “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Between them come Isaiah’s “Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8) and the fishermen who left their nets (Matthew 4:19). Alongside the calls run promises of God’s company: to Jacob, sleeping on a stone on his way to Harran (Genesis 28:15), and to Joshua before…
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