40 Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer -Day 33
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Every act of self-discipline by a Christian is also a service to the community. Conversely, there is no sin in thought, word, or deed, no matter how personal or secret, that does not harm the whole community. When the cause of an illness gets into one's body, whether or not anyone knows where it comes from, or in what member it has lodged, the body is made ill.





Parishioners at the Church of God worshipped with survivors from the Spanish Christian Church, which was destroyed in last week's explosion. Peter J. Smith for The Wall Street Journal
I just returned from a well-known (and well-heeled) Christian college, where roughly 100 demonstrators gathered on the chapel steps to protest my address on the grounds that my testimony was dangerous.