Herzlich Willkommen to our mob, nǐ hǎo and salam

We all experience challenging circumstances and need to find a way to solve the presenting problems. Sometimes it’s a matter of changing one’s job, having a deep relational discussion, extending an educational skill set, or moving house. Rarely, the solution is the complete upending of our lives to travel to another country, either by choice or necessity. When this happens, we wonder what it will be like in the new place. We plan for expected needs and then make the agonising decision to leave everything we know as we hope for a new future, in line with God’s promises (Jer 29:11). This is as true for the early Lutherans in Australia as for many other migrations since, as multiple diasporas of many cultures have spread around the world within our increasingly globalised world culture.