This post is one in which we will choose a book and read it together.  We will read a chapter at a time, so it should be fairly easy to keep up.  For our first book we will be reading Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  Published in 1954 by Harper & Row Publishers, the back cover of the book reads:

Martyred by the Gestapo near the end of World War II for plotting to assassinate Hitler, Dietrich Bonhoeffer left a legacy of writings that has become a prized testimony of faith and courage for Christians around the world.  Life Together is Bonhoeffer’s inspiring account of a unique fellowship in an underground semninary during the Nazi years in Germany.  It reads like one of Paul’s letters, giving practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups.  The role of personal prayer, worship in common, everyday work, and Christian service is treated in simple, almost biblical, words.  Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian Fellowship.

The point of this exercise is twofold.  First, we are to read together.  So you can pick up a copy of the book, read it, and you have already accomplished half of the purpose of the exercise.  But, second, we are to think together.  My contribution in this will be my summary of the chapter and response that will appear each week.  Your contribution in this will be to leave a comment in the “comment” section.  Did you like the reading?  How have you been challenged?  Was it lame?  Do your views differ from Bonhoeffer’s?

There are five chapters to the book, so it will take five weeks to get through the book.  You can pick up a copy here or purchase it at a local bookstore.  Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or comments.  Otherwise, happy reading.  Have Chapter 1 read by next Thursday and be prepared for discussion! Purchase the book here.