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[coffeehousetheo]

Dietrich Bonhoeffer a companion during SIP

As my blog reveals, I have invested a lot of my academic and personal life reading the pages that Dietrich Bonhoeffer penned.  During this SIP time, I find his Letters and Papers from Prison, an encouraging companion.  Many times I tell my students that if they can’t find a live person to mentor them, to find an author and let their words mentor their heart for the time being.  Bonhoeffer has played that role for myself, like many who read routinely C.S. Lewis, etc. I think it is interesting that his prison terms started around the Easter season, so it will be interesting to follow the liturgical calendar with him for this uncertain time.  

Coffee Today: Unknown Nespresso brand (I think as I don’t remember the color, but its very light, so I’m grabbing a second cup that will hopefully be a bit stronger) 

[jimboeth]

"Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous." - Dietrich #stupidity #dietrichbonhoeffer #lettersandpapersfromprison #1942 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-MLbqASWQ/?igshid=rht9hgpyhbet