Advent from Prison (2)
“By the way, a prison cell like this is a good analogy for Advent; one waits, hopes, does this or that—ultimately negligible things—the door is locked and can only be opened from the outside.”
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
This week we read and discussed some of Bonhoeffer’s letters from prison during the season of Advent. Bonhoeffer touches on themes of suffering, grief, loss, and restoration, and sharing in the sufferings of God.
Here are the sections we discussed:
Letter to Karl and Paula Bonhoeffer, Dec. 17, 1943
My dear Parents,
There is probably nothing else for me to do than to write you a…
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