Michigan Lefts
Michigan Lefts
7/10/2023
My internship church, Unity Lutheran is located along a very busy thoroughfare in the Downriver area south of Detroit. Detroit has a design of streets in a spoke and on some of these streets, they use something called a Michigan left. At an intersection, one does not make a left. Instead, a right turn is made and then across several lanes to make a u-turn in a designated area just past the intersection. It has taken a while for me to get used to them. It reminds me of repentance. It is a turning to go in the right direction. God is with us in our u-turns and is calling us to go in the directions that are life-giving.
Question: Are there places that you drive to on autopilot like work or school? Challenge yourself to go there in a new way. Notice how that feels.