--- title: "1 Evil Means Quotes By Nadia Bolz-Weber" description: "1 Evil Means quotes by Nadia Bolz-Weber. Plus more from Nadia Bolz-Weber and more Evil Means sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_mary-magdalene_singing-in-the-midst-of-evil-is-what-it_3132511.jpg" --- > [“Singing in the midst of evil is what it means to be disciples. Like Mary Magdalene, the reason we stand and weep and listen for Jesus is because we, like Mary, are bearers of resurrection, we are made new. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/singing-in-the-midst-of-evil-is-what-it-means-to-be-disciples-like/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/nadia-bolz-weber-15054_mary-magdalene_singing-in-the-midst-of-evil-is-what-it_3132511.jpg) ## More by Nadia Bolz-Weber > [“Unitarians just don't talk much about our need for God's grave. They have a higher opinion of human beings than I have ever felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/unitarians-just-don-t-talk-much-about-our-need-for-god-s-grave-they/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“And the strangeness of the good news is that, like those in Matthew 25 who sat before the throne and said Huh? When did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/and-the-strangeness-of-the-good-news-is-that-like-those-in-matthew-25/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“There's something about courting the darkness that makes some people see the truth in raw, twisted ways, as though they were shining a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/there-s-something-about-courting-the-darkness-that-makes-some-people/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good, which, now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-kingdom-of-god-is-a-tricky-concept-and-i-was-always-taught-it/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“But our sexual and gender expressions are as integral to who we are as our religious upbringings are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/but-our-sexual-and-gender-expressions-are-as-integral-to-who-we-are/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-eunuch-sought-god-despite-the-fact-that-he-had-heard-that-there/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The life changing seems always bracketed by the mundane. The quotidian wrapped around the profound, like plain brown paper concealing the emotional version of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-life-changing-seems-always-bracketed-by-the-mundane-the-quotidian/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we no longer need God. We die and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/no-one-is-climbing-the-spiritual-ladder-we-don-t-continually-improve/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“Grace is when God is a source of wholeness, which makes up for my failings. My failings hurt me and others and even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/grace-is-when-god-is-a-source-of-wholeness-which-makes-up-for-my/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“He said that there would be more information available in the narthex. I leaned over to Matthew and whispered, "The Narthex? Isn't that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/he-said-that-there-would-be-more-information-available-in-the-narthex/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“As a teenager, I loved how I looked in the outfit of using drugs and exercising poor judgement. I had tried it on, spun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/as-a-teenager-i-loved-how-i-looked-in-the-outfit-of-using-drugs-and/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“This is exactly, when it comes down to it, why most people do not believe in grace. It is fucking offensive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/this-is-exactly-when-it-comes-down-to-it-why-most-people-do-not/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“It’s God saying, “I love the world too much to let your sin define you and be the final word. I am a God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/it-s-god-saying-i-love-the-world-too-much-to-let-your-sin-define-you/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“The last shall be first and the first shall be last.” This is exactly, when it comes down to it, why most people do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/the-last-shall-be-first-and-the-first-shall-be-last-this-is-exactly/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) > [“And always, always, it is worth it to sing alleluia in defiance of the devil, who surely hates the sound of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-bolz-weber/and-always-always-it-is-worth-it-to-sing-alleluia-in-defiance-of-the/) [Nadia Bolz-Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-bolz-weber/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-means/nadia-bolz-weber/#itemlist", "name": "1 Evil Means Quotes By Nadia Bolz-Weber", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Singing in the midst of evil is what it means to be disciples. 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