Featured Writings

Read Bonhoeffer's first correspondence with his parents.

Letters to his best friend about a religionless society

Letter to Eberhard Bethge- Reflections on Hitler

His state of mind after the attempt on Hitler's life had failed.

Responses to the Phrase "Jewish Christian"

Speaking of Faith has received a number of e-mails in response to Joel Marcus referring to himself as a "Jewish Christian." Many of them not only posited this as an impossibility, but believed this crossed a line and was offensive. We regret that.

Passage from The Winter's Tale

With relation to the use of medications, Solomon describes in the The Noonday Demon the current, ongoing debate about the natural or authentic self. He says this is not new, but an age-old debate:

Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke

Ich liebe meines Wesens Dunkelstunden
Dich wundert nicht des Sturmes Wucht

"Back" by Jane Kenyon

Poems by Anita Barrows

Questo muro
Heart Work

Psalms of the Old Testament

The following psalms taken from the Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures can be helpful examples for prayer and meditation during and after depression.

Letter to Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Parents

Read Bonhoeffer's first correspondence with his parents.