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Early German Christmas Traditions

EARLY GERMAN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

My parents were born in Germany in the first decade of the twentieth century, though they did not meet until many years after they arrived in America. My mother was a Lutheran from what was then Prussia, and my father was Bavarian and Catholic. Since different parts of Germany had different Christmas traditions, my life as a child was a bit confused when the holidays were upon us. It was as if an Episcopalian from Massachusetts married a holy roller...

Red rose symbolizing martyrdom

IN MEMORY OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER (1906-1945)

The red rose is the symbol for Christians who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their Lord.  This month is the seventy-sixth anniversary of the murder of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, on April 9th, 1945, presumably on the personal order of Adolph Hitler. Few contemporary ministers of the Gospel have had to labor under such difficult circumstances as this man, and who lost his life before his fortieth birthday. The eulogy is in memory of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945.) Early life Dietrich Bonhoeffer...

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