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God Is in the Manger

: Reflections on Advent and Christmas

"There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become truly afraid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ." "No priest, no theologia

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2)

“God travels wonderful ways with human beings, but he does not comply with the views and opinions of people. God does not go the way that people want to prescribe for him; rather, his way is beyond all comprehension, free and self-determined beyond all proof. Where reason is indignant, where our natu…”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

Tagged: God, Despair, Marvelous, Reason, Rebelliousness

“Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all too often the greedy eyes are only deceived; the fruit that seemed so precious is still green on the inside, and disrespected hands ungratefully toss…”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, amazon.com

Tagged: Waiting, impatient, Forgotten, Fruit, Disappointment