3).) But it should prompt us to consider how we are approaching our Christian community today. (Bonhoeffer also said, “The believer need not feel any shame when yearning for the physical presence of other Christians.”! (p. This is not to minimize the difficulty of separation, or to say that we should not lament being apart.
Yet Bonhoeffer was wise enough to recognize that the time spent together in Christian community was a “gift of grace” from God.
Even the seminary that inspired Life Together was closed by the Nazis and the seminary work was forced to go underground. Much of his life was marked by separation from beloved family and friends due to his participation in the German resistance. And this was no mere rhetoric for Bonhoeffer this was his lived experience. How strongly this resonates with us today, having been separated from each other for months due to COVID-19. It is easily forgotten that the community of Christians is a gift of grace from the kingdom of God, a gift that can be taken from us any day-that the time still separating us from the most profound loneliness may be brief indeed (p. Out of the gate, he makes this observation which sounds like it could have been written yesterday: And considering he was writing during an epic time of political turmoil, racial injustice, physical isolation, and imminent threat to safety, his book bears a powerful witness to us today and provides some compelling insights into our life together at Rez. His Life Together is a short and practical instruction on living together in Christian community. He was the brilliant German theologian who was executed by the Nazis for his opposition to Hitler, tragically just weeks before the Allies liberated Germany. Many of you are probably familiar with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We recently completed a five-week book study on Life Together, and wanted to share some of the lessons we learned together with you.
One such book that has been important in our formation is Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. So we’ll also be recommending some books that provide more background on the ideas that have helped form our church, and exploring those ideas in our Catechism classes and in occasional articles. Of course, there is only so much we can accomplish in a weekly sermon. Recently, we started a new sermon series, “What is the good news?” where we’ll be examining some foundational questions around the meaning of the gospel and what that means for our lives.
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