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    What kind of Love?

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    As I go back over the parts of Bonhoeffer’s Life Together that I highlighted, I continue to be challenged. One of the themes of the book is the difference between being self centered and Christ centred. I find this following passage very confronting. If you replace the word community with relationship, I think these few paragraphs are relevant to everyone. I find myself challenged and can see where I need to face the fact I am being self centred in some of my relationships. Don’t read it if you don’t want to be disturbed.

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