Quotes by Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

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God's grace is not defined as God being forgiving to us even though we sin. Grace is when God is a source of wholeness, — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good, which — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
I cared about Ben, but I was never in love with him. I was in love with what it said about me that I had a boyfriend lik — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
My former bishop Allan Bjorberg once said that the greatest spiritual practice isn't yoga or praying the hours or living — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
I carried a bravado about my drinking like I was a hero of debauchery. But on that Christmas Day, I felt like shit. I ha — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Of course, Mary Magdalene would have very little tolerance for the Christian platitudes and vapid optimism that seem to — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we no longer need God. W — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piety or goodness, move — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
As a teenager, I loved how I looked in the outfit of using drugs and exercising poor judgement. I had tried it on, spun — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Every time we draw a line between us and others, Jesus is always on the other side of it. — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
From my father I heard only these words: "But you were born for such a day as this." He closed the book and my mother jo — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
I know that people who don't believe in God might scoff at the idea that the creator of the universe has the time or inc — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
God, please help me not be an asshole, is about as common a prayer as I pray in my life. — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
It would seem that when we are sinned against, when someone else does us harm, we are in some way linked to that sin, co — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Jesus always seems to be pairing God's forgiveness of us wit — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Jesus taught us to pray, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" not forgive us and smit — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Matthew once said to me, after one of my more finely worded rants about stupid people who have the wrong opinions, "Nadi — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Jesus says, "Deny yourself, take up your cross and follow me." He says, "The first shall be last and the last shall be f — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
Knowing all of this makes me love and hate Jesus at the same time. Because, when instead of contrasting good and evil, h — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
I need a God who is bigger and more nimble and mysterious than what I could understand and contrive. Otherwise it can fe — Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint