I am experiencing weeks again when I read the Bible little; I never quite know what to think about it; I do not feel guilty about it and I also know that after some time I will eagerly dive into it again. Can this be understood as a completely "natural" spiritual process? I almost think so. (…) We should not be anxious even at this point, but rely on the fact that the magnet will show the right direction again after several deviations. Don't you think?
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer /1906–1945/, letter from Nazi prison to a friend, March 9, 1944;
quoted from the book Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Resistance and Submission, Letters from Prison. Kalich 2023)
