Bonhoeffer Trip, Summer 2024
Travel-Learning Experience: Berlin, Germany
June 26 - July 3, 2024Faith, Lies and Spies: The Life and Ministry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
with Dr. Andrew Root
We will explore big questions of theology and culture together through the lens and story of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor and theologian during World War II, was both a major figure in the Confessing Church, and a double agent working against the Nazis. His theology of the Church and the role of Christianity in the secular world have shaped the Reformed tradition and influenced generations of Christians, and The Cost of Discipleship, (1937) is a classic text of Western Christianity.
Our home base for this travel and learning experience will be the Historic Bonhoeffer Haus, where Dietrich and his siblings plotted the conspiracy to kill Hitler, and where Bonhoeffer was arrested by the Gestapo on April 5, 1943. Dr. Root, (aka., our own Andy!), author of Bonhoeffer As Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together, whose own work and thinking has been deeply shaped by Bonhoeffer, will guide us through the story of Bonhoeffer's life, and into Bonhoeffer's theology of "place-sharing," where we encounter Jesus Christ, who comes into this life with and for us, when we share deeply in the lives of others.
All this is set in the vibrant and historical city of Berlin, in which, for all intents and purposes, the 20th century began (with the Declaration of WWI in 1914), and ended, (with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989). Many Berlin sites, such as the wall and various museums and Confessing Churches, are included in this travel-learning experience.
We'll end the trip with an optional day trip to Wittenberg, to jump centuries earlier in our Reformed Tradition with the story of Martin Luther and the beginning of the Reformation.
Weaving in reflective, prayer practices, Rev. Kara Root (Pastor Kara!) will invite us into a spirit of receptivity. How might God meet us in this unique and focused encounter with with the world beyond us, the people beside us, and the lives of those gone before us?
Space is limited to 22 participants
REGISTRATION OPENS AT 8 AM CENTRAL ON OCTOBER 1 TILL FEBRUARY 1, OR UNTIL SPOTS ARE FILLED.
June 26 - July 3, 2024Faith, Lies and Spies: The Life and Ministry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
with Dr. Andrew Root
We will explore big questions of theology and culture together through the lens and story of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor and theologian during World War II, was both a major figure in the Confessing Church, and a double agent working against the Nazis. His theology of the Church and the role of Christianity in the secular world have shaped the Reformed tradition and influenced generations of Christians, and The Cost of Discipleship, (1937) is a classic text of Western Christianity.
Our home base for this travel and learning experience will be the Historic Bonhoeffer Haus, where Dietrich and his siblings plotted the conspiracy to kill Hitler, and where Bonhoeffer was arrested by the Gestapo on April 5, 1943. Dr. Root, (aka., our own Andy!), author of Bonhoeffer As Youth Worker: A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together, whose own work and thinking has been deeply shaped by Bonhoeffer, will guide us through the story of Bonhoeffer's life, and into Bonhoeffer's theology of "place-sharing," where we encounter Jesus Christ, who comes into this life with and for us, when we share deeply in the lives of others.
All this is set in the vibrant and historical city of Berlin, in which, for all intents and purposes, the 20th century began (with the Declaration of WWI in 1914), and ended, (with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989). Many Berlin sites, such as the wall and various museums and Confessing Churches, are included in this travel-learning experience.
We'll end the trip with an optional day trip to Wittenberg, to jump centuries earlier in our Reformed Tradition with the story of Martin Luther and the beginning of the Reformation.
Weaving in reflective, prayer practices, Rev. Kara Root (Pastor Kara!) will invite us into a spirit of receptivity. How might God meet us in this unique and focused encounter with with the world beyond us, the people beside us, and the lives of those gone before us?
Space is limited to 22 participants
REGISTRATION OPENS AT 8 AM CENTRAL ON OCTOBER 1 TILL FEBRUARY 1, OR UNTIL SPOTS ARE FILLED.