Beryl's Blog: Away in a Manger

This Sunday, December 22nd, will mark the end of our Advent Journey with the lighting of the final candle – the candle of love. 

We are almost at the stable door and the lowly place of the birth of God’s son – the manger.

The words of Bonhoeffer, written before 1945, may shock some of us deeply and may even seem inappropriate for this joyful time of year.  But these words embody the very characteristics of the one for whom we are waiting.  The one who lived his life and his ministry teaching of love and peace and justice for all.

Please join us for worship at our own manger at SouthWest on Christmas Eve, December 24th, at 7:30 p.m.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident.  Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 and hanged on April 9, 1945.