...reading "Bonhoeffer" by Eric Metaxas. I've read it in a week because I can't renew it at the library, there's a waiting list. It's a very good biography of the German Lutheran Pastor who was involved in forming the Confessional Church in Germany and who entered a plot to assassinate Hitler. It's the first time I've read a book from the inside of Germany in the years leading up to Hitler's coming to power and the reign of the Nazis, and during the Second World War. There were many involved in the resistance in Germany - something I haven't heard too much about. It's a gripping story of the fight against an evil man and his regime and it shows very well the difficulty of organizing opposition against evil men who have the power of the state under their control: deception and fear take over people's lives. Evil is not a static thing but feeds on itself. That men and women like Bonhoeffer acted against those in power is a great testimony to the goodness of the human spirit, especially when sustained by faith in God. The heaviness and sadness of those times is redeemed by their courage.
Now I'm reading "The Power and the Glory" by Graham Greene. I'm not very far into the story but so far it has no redeeming features. The characters are all very sad specimens of humanity, and the culture and even the landscape is depressing. I know very little about the persecution of the Church in Mexico in the thirties. That's the main reason I decided to read this book, and because it came highly recommended. Time will tell.......
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