Summary: The history of how and why this Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison spread so widely and became so influential. At this point I have read far more about Bonhoeffer than by Bonhoeffer. That is not to say I haven’t read Bonhoeffer, but to say I have read a lot about Bonhoeffer, especially over … Read more
Summary: A Book summary of the 2011 Wheaton Theology Conference on Dietrich Bonhoeffer I am always so excited to read the book produced from the papers of the Wheaton Theology Conference, but then I tend to have to force myself to finish the book. It is not that the papers are bad, there are always some very … Read more
Takeaway: The first popular biography of Bonhoeffer. Not perfect, but well worth reading. (Read Charles Marsh’s biography instead) Like many Evangelicals I have been a fan of Bonhoeffer’s writing for many years. I have read Cost of Discipleship, Life Together and the two collections Letters and Papers from Prison and Love Letters from Cell 92. … Read more
Summary: A (very) short Christological look at the psalms for prayer. About a year ago I re-read Life Together in the new translation. At the time I was interested in moving on to something else and did not really want to read the second book that was included in this volume. So I put it off. I decided … Read more
Takeaway: Bonhoeffer is a complicated and fascinating figure in Christianity. There were two biographies of Bonhoeffer published in 2010. It was not a coincidence. This was also when the final editions of Bonhoeffer’s complete works a 15 volume set were being completed. There is a trove of documents and letters that have been discovered since the classic … Read more
Takeaway: This is one of the classics that everyone should read. Over the past few years there has been renewed interest in Dietrich Bonhoeffer. There is a very good documentary (available for streaming on Netflix). Then two biographies of Bonhoeffer have been published in the last two years (I reviewed Eric Metaxas’s and have now … Read more
Takeaway: Attempts to present a pastoral understanding of Bonhoeffer to the lay person. Not sure it accomplishes it. And the audio was off putting. So read, don’t listen. Bonhoeffer is a hero to many, but few people actually read much more than Life Together or Cost of Discipleship. Bonhoeffer is not always easy to read. … Read more
Summary: An exploration of the thought of Dorothy Sayers. I picked up Subversive because it was free to me as part of the Audible Plus Catalogue (books that Audible subscribers can borrow without additional cost other than the membership.) I have been slowly working through a couple of books by Sayers a year over the … Read more
This is a bit different. If you are a member of Audible and have access to the Plus catalog, these will be free (included in membership). They are all books that I have personally read and recommend. I did not go and look for all of them, but I believe that I have written a … Read more
Summary: An autobiography from Sojourner Truth as told to Olive Gilbert. This year’s final book for the Renovaré Book Club was Narrative of Sojourner Truth. Because I did not really have any background with Sojourner Truth, I read the new We Will be Free: The Life and Faith of Sojourner Truth by Nacy Koester as … Read more