Friday, November 19, 2010

From Tegel Prison...

"What I am driving at is that God should not be smuggled in somewhere, in the very last, secret place that is left.  Instead, one must simply recognize that the world and humankind have come of age.  One must not find fault with people in their worldliness but rather confront them with God where they are their strongest."

Bonhoeffer's July 8, 16 and 18, 1944 letters to Eberhard Bethge in Letters and Papers from Prison make for some fascinating reading.  The March 9 and June 8 letters provide important background as well.  These are concepts that we need to be seriously reflecting and acting upon today.