Comments on: Quotation of the Week http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: erika http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/#comment-80326 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:19:30 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/#comment-80326 I find him to be one of the most intriguing historical figures...I was fortunate to study with a Bonhoeffer expert in Chicago, and oh how we wrestled with the complexities of his walk with God. His "Letters and Papers" are a treasure. I find him to be one of the most intriguing historical figures…I was fortunate to study with a Bonhoeffer expert in Chicago, and oh how we wrestled with the complexities of his walk with God. His “Letters and Papers” are a treasure.

]]> by: Tom http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/#comment-80151 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:33:52 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/#comment-80151 Wore out two paperback versions of Life Together and The Cost of Discipleship during university and seminary. Seems to me he tried to make sense of discipleship in a situation when the best and smartest people rejected the traditional (and even progressive) Christian church. No surprise given the failure of those traditional and 'progressive' forms to witness honestly against the institutional violence and economic injustice that led to fascism and communism and a couple of world wars. And the unnecessary and early deaths of so many fathers and mothers and children. That he eventually felt the need to turn to violence in order to 'make things right' has always felt like a tragedy to me. But who can blame him when the real world church offers few if any realistic alternatives? Wore out two paperback versions of Life Together and The Cost of Discipleship during university and seminary.

Seems to me he tried to make sense of discipleship in a situation when the best and smartest people rejected the traditional (and even progressive) Christian church. No surprise given the failure of those traditional and ‘progressive’ forms to witness honestly against the institutional violence and economic injustice that led to fascism and communism and a couple of world wars. And the unnecessary and early deaths of so many fathers and mothers and children.

That he eventually felt the need to turn to violence in order to ‘make things right’ has always felt like a tragedy to me.

But who can blame him when the real world church offers few if any realistic alternatives?

]]> by: Nathanael http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/#comment-79771 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:56:41 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-54/10/#comment-79771 great quote, sister...great reminder great quote, sister…great reminder

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