The Faithful Spy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

This really transcends the category of 'children's books' - but that is my opinion. The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer has so much to teach us still today; faith in crisis is so hard to define and measure. John Hendrix also transcends the traditional definition of a GN (yet the art is some of the most......more

In this life, it can be difficult to find absolutes. Absolute good. Absolute evil. Absolute good in the face of absolute evil. For many of us, the world can be a gray and murky place, where the sheer complexity of each individual human does away with those archaic, grandiose declarations of what is......more

Using text and graphics, Hendrix gives us a compelling look into the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer while at the same time showing us the rise and fall of the German Reich. When juxtaposed against the historical background of Hitler's Germany, we see how Bonhoeffer and others around him struggled to re......more

Short Review: I have read a lot on Bonhoeffer previously. So I was not coming into the book blind. I think this was a good overview and it avoided a lot of pitfalls around Bonhoeffer. I do think that it hinted at too large a role for Bonhoeffer in a couple places where Bonhoeffer was a more peripher......more

I felt like I should be wearing 3-d glasses while reading.......more