Christianity Quote by 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 Dr. Suess character that speaks for the trees??” quote by Nadia Bolz-Weber — Download Open image

““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 Dr. Suess character that speaks for the trees??””

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“But our sexual and gender expressions are as integral to who we are as our religious upbringings are.”

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“The eunuch sought God despite the fact that he had heard that there was no love for him there.”

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“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,…

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“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…

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“This is exactly, when it comes down to it, why most people do not believe in grace. It is fucking offensive.”

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