Five or six of us have met to discuss various books, all with a Christian theme; led by Helen and Peter Hill, we have explored together their relevance to our faith. We meet again at 4 pm on 30th November, when we shall be discussing Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison. Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran theologian and pastor, was executed by the Nazi’s just before the end of the war, and is commemorated as a modern martyr in Westminster Abbey.
I was deeply moved and inspired by this book – and the life of Bonhoeffer – when I first read it in the 1960’s, and it has remained special to me, not least since I stayed briefly with the recipient of most of the letters in 1968.
Sue and I very much hope that you will be able to join us when we gather again next month.
This abridged edition has a forward by the Rev.d Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin in the Fields, who writes: “There is life, love, loss, longing, lightness, lament, languor and laughter. There is mundane humanity alongside sublime theology.”
John Colquhoun
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