What does it mean to be a Christ follower in a culture that is rushing headlong into terminal absurdity? Should we become heat-seeking missiles? Hand-thrown grenades? Head-in-the-sand ostriches? Mere polite citizens? Both the story of Esther and the recent witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Germany give us timely cues for our embodied presence in a culture rushing headlong toward immoral collapse.