Nadia Bolz-Weber

thumb|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. We should never be more loyal to an idea or an interpretation of a Bible verse than we are to people...”  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. 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 ... Maybe the Good Friday story is about how God would rather die than be in our sin-accounting business anymore. External links Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Theologians from Colorado Category:Women from the United States Category:Lutherans from the United States Category:Women born in the 1960s