Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber  (born April 22, 1969) is an author, Lutheran minister and public theologian. She served as the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado, until July 8, 2018. She is also a three-time New York Times bestselling memoirist.

Quotes

• Every human community will disappoint us, regardless of how well-intentioned or inclusive.
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• We should never be more loyal to an idea or an interpretation of a Bible verse than we are to people...” 
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• I need a place to confess that I don't have everything figured out. Christianity is not a program for avoiding mistakes; it is a faith of the guilty. There is no "right" or perfect way to be. We learn from our mistakes; we extend grace to others and ourselves. In the same way a lover who loves your body allows you to have grace for it, so is grace the antithesis of rejection.
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• I keep making mistakes, even the same ones over and over. I repeatedly attempt (and fail) to keep God and my fellow humans at arm’s length. I say no when I should say yes. I say yes when I should say no. I stumble into holy moments not realizing where I am until they are over. I love poorly, then accidentally say the right thing at the right moment without even realizing it, then forget what matters, then show tenderness ...
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• Maybe the Good Friday story is about how God would rather die than be in our sin-accounting business anymore.
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