“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 are made new, but that's different from spiritual self-improvement.” — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“The Bible had been the weapon of choice in the spiritual gladiatorial arena of my youth. I knew how, wielded with intent and precision, the Bible can cut deeply, while on the one holding it can claim with impunity that… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“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… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“And the strangeness of the good news is that, like those in Matthew 25 who sat before the throne and said Huh? When did we ever feed you, Lord?, we never know when we experience Jesus in all of this. All that we have is a promise, a promise that our needs are holy to God. A promise that Jesus… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share
“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 light on life to illuminate the absurdity of it all. Comics tell you a truth you can only see from the underside of the psyche. At its best, comedy is prophesy and societal dream interpretation. At… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share
“The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good, which, now that I actually read the Bible for myself, makes very little sense. Others say that the Kingdom of God is another way of talking about the church, and still others say that it's the dream God… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share
“But our sexual and gender expressions are as integral to who we are as our religious upbringings are.” — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there.” — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“The life changing seems always bracketed by the mundane. The quotidian wrapped around the profound, like plain brown paper concealing the emotional version of an improvised explosive device. Then, in a single interminable moment, when we discover the bomb, absolutely everything changes. But when we recall it from our now forever-changed lives, when we start with the plain brown wrapping,… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share
“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… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“Grace is when God is a source of wholeness, which makes up for my failings. My failings hurt me and others and even the planet, and God’s grace to me is that my brokenness is not the final word. My selfishness is not the end-all…instead, it’s that God makes beautiful things out of even my own shit. Grace isn’t about… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share
“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… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“This is exactly, when it comes down to it, why most people do not believe in grace. It is fucking offensive.” — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
