“The first service that one owes to others…consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for (others) is learning to listen to them…Listening can be greater service than speaking…”
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Life Together”, p. 97-98)
Sittser on Redemption
“Redemption promises to transform us…Once broken, we become whole again; once selfish and insecure, we become stately and serene and self-giving; once