My Commonplace Book

Occasionally Bonhoeffer waxes poetic. I love this quote, which I read from his A Testament of Freedom.
Look up, you whose eyes are fixed on this earth, you who are captivated by the events and changes on the surface of this earth. Look up, you who turned away from heaven to this ground because you had [...]

Bonhoeffer always seems to catch me off-guard. He approaches things from a unique angle. Here he warns us as Christ-followers of the dangers of “otherworldliness.”
We are otherworldly—ever since we hit upon the devious trick of being religious, yes even “Christian,” at the expense of the earth. Otherworldliness affords a splendid environment in [...]