I have some thoughts on the series finale of Lost. We see that the show was not as much about the island and its many dangers and mysteries as much as it was about the lives of the people who survived the crash of Oceanic 815. For the first three seasons we got drawn into the back stories of the survivors as we learned things about them that many of them did not know about each other. The survivors have one thing in common. They are all broken and flawed individuals who were looking for something that the outside world was not providing. The island became a place where many of the characters found meaning fulfillment and closure. Growth took place in the context of a community of broken people just trying to get home. This collection of broken, isolated people learned that getting home required them to work collaboratively towards their common goal. Made me think of the church. Like the Lost survivors we too are a collection of broken and flawed individuals just trying to get home. One lesson from Lost is that making our way to our eternal home requires us to learn to trust, forgive and love each other. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32