As I write this I am sitting in the Bonhoeffer house in Berlin, the house where Dietrich Bonhoeffer was living with his parents at the time of his arrest. I'm here studying with Andrew Root, focusing on Bonhoeffer's life and teachings. But during some free time, I found myself drawn into another piece of the history of the German church struggle. During the morning on our first day here, Andy and I wandered through a flea market near the Tiergarten and came across a beautiful vintage wall cross—a traditional confirmation commemorative gift. Inscribed on the piece is the name Matthäuskirche (St. Matthew's Church), Berlin-Steglitz. For a brief moment, I thought I had stumbled upon an extraordinary connection to Bonhoeffer, imagining it might have originated from the Matthäuskirche where he was ordained. It turned out to be a different St. Matthew's Church altogether. Yet the discovery sent me down a historical rabbit hole, and what I found proved fascinating in its own r...