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Our Senior Fellows on International Women’s Day

By TDBI Communications | March 9, 2023

Meet the Women of TDBI’s Senior Fellowship The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute’s Senior Fellows cohort is an invitation-only group of activists, advocates, scholars, and leaders whose skill-sets, experience, and accomplishments complement the work of the Institute. Each a leader themselves, TDBI Senior Fellows contribute to the advance of our mission to nurture, form, and help deploy…

Black History Month: The Roots of Our Crisis

By TDBI Communications | February 23, 2023

Top photo: Meeting of the KKK, Oregon Historical Society, 1920s. Bottom photo: January 6th Insurrection, Getty Images, 2021. The Roots of Our Crisis  By Bishop Van Gayton, TDBI Senior Fellow “The church too must face its historic obligation in this crisis. In the final analysis the problem of race is not a political but moral…

Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Birthday

By TDBI Communications | February 3, 2023

On the left, Sister André. On the right, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Dear Friend of The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute, When a French nun, Sister André, the world’s oldest known person, died recently at the age of 118, time shrunk for me. A century and some years more feels so long ago, until it’s within one person’s lifetime.…

International Holocaust Day of Remembrance

By TDBI Communications | January 27, 2023

Image by Mary Kessel, 1945 Holocaust Remembrance Day The Holocaust, the world’s unparalleled human catastrophe, began with the simple passing of a law by a new majority in the German national legislature. This law, which forbid individuals with a Jewish bloodline from holding government jobs, went largely unnoticed, and few citizens were bothered by this seemingly…

Questions and Answers

By TDBI Communications | January 19, 2023

“Searching For You,” by Mihaela Ionescu Questions and Answers Dietrich Bonhoeffer celebrated and wrote about reality. He was suspicious of magical thinking and fanciful flights of imagination, particularly when it involved religion. Dietrich’s father, Karl, an enormous influence in his life, was a man of science—a psychiatrist and researcher; his mother was trained as a…

Experience the Gift of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

By TDBI Communications | December 23, 2022

Experience the Gift of Dietrich Bonhoeffer! Still looking for the perfect last minute Christmas gift for the Bonhoeffer fan in your life or looking for a way to treat yourself this holiday season? Look no further than our special list of Dietrich Bonhoeffer themed gifts! Featuring books, music, movies, and art, our list invites everyone…

Faith Rooted Activism

By TDBI Communications | December 13, 2022

Michelle Ferrigno Warren Michelle Ferrigno Warren knows of what she speaks and writes. Regarding social and economic justice, Michelle’s effective engagement with problems of human deprivation is born from her personal experience. 25 years ago, she and her husband, David, helped organize Open Door Ministries, a church and community development corporation in downtown Denver, Colorado. Together,…

Giving Tuesday 2022

By TDBI Communications | November 29, 2022

Join TDBI With Courageous Giving! Today is Giving Tuesday! Today is the day when kind and generous givers like yourself make meaningful contributions and leave their marks on countless organizations in their own communities and around the world! We at The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute could not be more grateful and honored to be among the charities…

Our Work – Seeking Prophetic Witness

By TDBI Communications | November 18, 2022

Our Work – Seeking Prophetic Witness  Ephesians 4:11 reminds us that God raises up prophets and teachers among us. These extraordinary individuals reflect Bonhoeffer’s deep spirituality, perceptive nature, and intellectual prowess. Through our work over the past several years, The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute has been graced to find ourselves in the company of even a…

Our Mission in Action – Finding Common Cause

By TDBI Communications | November 17, 2022

Our Mission in Action – Finding Common Cause Dietrich with students at Finkenwalde. Acting with ethical courage has consequences, an often unfortunate and unintentional one being loneliness. As Jesus alluded to when he preached how the broad, well-traveled road that leads to destruction and the narrow road that leads to life, those who act with…