Bonhoeffer says spiritual care is a function of the congregation and that it is an aspect of the broader, more
encompassing activity of proclamation. In Spiritual Care, we are confronted with the awesome truth that in speech
God's presence is known and that speech is also our own; in silence God's presence is known and that silence is
also our own. The text demands us to consider how the gospel message is brought to people in the midst of their
personal lives, and his message and counsel use the tools given within the traditional life of the church so that
such grace becomes enacted, enfleshed, and incarnate in the Christian community.
