After Ten Years Bonhoeffer

After ten years in letters and papers from prison.

After ten years bonhoeffer. In december 1942 dietrich bonhoeffer sent a christmas letter after ten years to his closest friends in the resistance. Dietrich bonhoeffer s epideictic exhortation to responsible action. The letter has been published as after ten years.

Seventy years ago today as dawn was breaking on the new year dietrich bonhoeffer sent out a long letter to his closest friends. It was this reading that made me realize i am joyfully and gladly a follower of christ and wish others to have the same joy. In a bitterly realistic tone he faced the prospect that they might fail and that his own life s work might remain incomplete.

A testimony to that is a crucial essay penned by bonhoeffer in 1942. For past couple of months i ve been drawn to the writings of dietrich bonhoeffer. I post it now as i believe it provides us perspective for the times we are in.

Enlarged edition eberhard bethge ed. Bonhoeffer s after ten years for our time. Back to text 24 bonhoeffer gesammelte schriften 1 letter dated 15 5 1934 munich.

Edited by victoria h. After ten years is a succinct and sober reflection and remains one of the best descriptions ever written about what happened to the german people under national socialism. This post was originally published november 24 2007 at my former blog the presbyterian polis.

The complexity of bonhoeffer s witness and example is more relevant than ever. Back to text 23 ibid 5. In december 1942 bonhoeffer sent a christmas letter after ten years to his closest friends in the resistance.