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2013-05-06T02:13:33+00:00

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“Do you WANT to be made well?” Man, I Wish Jesus Wouldn’t Say Things Like That (a sermon)

Last updated on: May 6, 2013 at 2:13 am By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-05-05 NBW Sermon <—-click here to listen along. 2Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. 3In these lay many invalids — blind, lame, and paralyzed. 5One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one... Read more

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2013-04-22T21:35:00+00:00

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Sermon on mermaids, enemies, and the 23rd Psalm

Last updated on: April 22, 2013 at 9:35 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-04-21 NBW Sermon <—-as always, I encourage you to listen along. Especially this week. Just click here. It may take 2 minutes more than just reading it. Happy Good Shepherd Sunday. It’s not really a festival day of the church, like Christ the King or Transfiguration Sunday are…it’s just that every year, on the 4th Sunday of Easter, the assigned readings are all about Jesus as the Good Shepherd and the Psalm for the day is the 23rd Psalm. About 10... Read more

2013-04-21T15:37:11+00:00

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My Birthday Wish

Last updated on: April 21, 2013 at 3:37 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

Tomorrow is my 44th birthday. As per usual, I will exploit this to try and benefit my congregation. We need to raise $7,000 in order to again be an internship site this Fall. We are committed to training church planters to go and create sacramental communities similar to HFASS in other locations across the country, but, as a church that is majority young adults, our congregation has FAR less money than traditional Lutheran internship sites. We need help So,... Read more

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2013-04-16T10:48:37+00:00

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Sermon on the Kyrie, Peter’s Own Smell of Shame and the God of Easter

Last updated on: April 16, 2013 at 10:48 am By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-4-14 NBW Sermon<—Click here to listen along. Kyrie eleison –Lord have mercy There is a setting of the Liturgy that I despise above all other settings of the liturgy because the Kyrie is so bouncy it sounds like a Fanta commercial. (for those of you reading this and not listening…I sing this line) Kyrie eleison, on our world and on our way Kyrie eleison, every day. like it’s from a soundtrack of Up With People! And every time I hear... Read more

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2013-03-28T13:21:31+00:00

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5 years ago on Maundy Thursday I preached my first sermon at HFASS. There were 8 of us. Here it is.

Last updated on: March 28, 2013 at 1:21 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

I imagine in the room that night the friends and followers of Jesus enjoying each other’s company, glad to be away from the crowds. They have no idea at the time that this is the night they will never forget. When I was working as a chaplain at the hospital, I noticed that the family and friends of those who had suddenly or unexpectedly died would in a grief so thick it sucked the oxygen out of the room, they’d... Read more

2013-03-25T22:08:32+00:00

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Palm Sunday Sermon About Morbid Reflection, Home Perms and Fickle Crowds

Last updated on: March 25, 2013 at 10:08 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-03-24 NBW Sermon <—click here to listen along. Here we go. It’s Palm Sunday – the beginning of Holy Week. The day we remember Jesus’ so-called triumphal entry into Jerusalem. And once again, I am confronted with my own cynicism AND I’ve been thinking a lot about regret this week. Which is a real winning combination. In an act of morbid reflection, I’ve been thinking about some of the more stupid decisions in life. Events and choices that when I look... Read more

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2013-03-11T23:46:05+00:00

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Sermon: The Parable of the Prodigal Father

Last updated on: March 11, 2013 at 11:46 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-03-10 NBW Sermon <—-click here to listen along. Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. A few days later the... Read more

2013-03-04T16:58:36+00:00

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Sermon: One More Year for Figs and Manure

Last updated on: March 4, 2013 at 4:58 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-3-3 NBW Sermon <—-Click here to listen along. I swear it makes more sense to hear it than to simply read it. Well, it’s parable day again boys and girls. And boy do we have a weird one. Today we hear the parable of the Fig tree. In this parable the Vineyard owner is frustrated that in 3 years his fig tree has not produced any fruit. So the vineyard owner is ready to just chop it down. To hell with... Read more

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Lent

2013-02-14T05:25:04+00:00

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Ash Wednesday Sermon: The Crap We Give Our Hearts To

Last updated on: February 14, 2013 at 5:25 am By Nadia Bolz Weber

Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Today we begin a 40 day period of wilderness wandering. 40 days because that’s how long Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. Even those in our society who have never really observed Lent know that it’s the time of year when us pious people suffer and give things up so God will... Read more

2013-01-28T15:33:59+00:00

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Sermon on Baptism and the Devil

Last updated on: January 28, 2013 at 3:33 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

2013-1-27 NBW Sermon <—-click here to listen along. In the church of my childhood it was taught that the “age of accountability” was somewhere around 12. To hit the age of accountability was to, like, spiritually go off of your parents’ insurance. At age 12 the clock starts ticking, spiritually speaking; you know right from wrong now and because of this you are accountable for every time you screw up. And if you sin knowing right from wrong and... Read more

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