Twenty-Six Days in New York
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stepped off a ship in New York Harbor, leaving behind a Germany descending into madness. Friends had arranged everything —...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 4:1-13.
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stepped off a ship in New York Harbor, leaving behind a Germany descending into madness. Friends had arranged everything — a teaching position at Union Theological Seminary, a safe apartment on the Upper West Side, a congregation of German refugees who needed a pastor. The offer was generous, reasonable, and wise. It was also, Bonhoeffer realized, a temptation.…
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