Geffrey B. Kelly F. Burton Nelson, in their helpful book, The Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes that the spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is not only worth looking at but is also the backbone of his leadership…

His was a moral leadership that embraced the gospel of peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation even as he confronted injustice and indifference in high places. In short, Bonhoeffer was a man of prayer, action and couarge, a moral leader and courage, a moral leader who lived the relationship with God that in the close lines of “Who Am I?” one of his most autobiographical poems from prison: “Whoever I am, you know me, O God, you know I am yours” (XV)