Bonhoeffer's Return to the Darkness
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood on the deck of a ship bound for New York, watching the German coastline disappear. Friends had arranged a...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Matthew 4:12-23.
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood on the deck of a ship bound for New York, watching the German coastline disappear. Friends had arranged a safe teaching position at Union Theological Seminary — a way out of the gathering storm of Nazi tyranny. He had every reason to stay in America. The Gestapo knew his name. His seminary at Finkenwalde had been shuttered.…
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