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2015-03-25T19:34:37+00:00

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Not sure if you want to go to Holy Week services?

Last updated on: March 25, 2015 at 7:34 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

Here’s what I have to say about Holy Week (Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil): Two thousand years ago in the middle-east, there had to have been crowds who shouted praise and friends who betrayed and followers who denied and women who wept and soldiers who mocked and thieves who believed. It would have happened like this even if the Jesus event were happening now instead of then. Even if we knew everything in advance – were... Read more

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2015-03-18T03:20:14+00:00

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Sermon on John 3:16

Last updated on: March 18, 2015 at 3:20 am By Nadia Bolz Weber

(This sermon is going to make a lot more sense if you hear it. And hey, you know what’s cool? you can totally click the thing right above this and listen along. It’s internet magic) For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that... Read more

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2015-03-09T13:41:48+00:00

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A Sermon on Addiction and the Problem With Our Me-based Solutions

Last updated on: March 9, 2015 at 1:41 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

(click above to listen along!) I missed Vespers this week, which was a huge bummer. But unlike a lot of us I didn’t miss it because of the snow storm I missed it because well, I spent the whole day in bed sick. There’s a reason why I tend to stay in bed when I have the stomach flu and it’s because about 12 years ago when I was studying at CU Boulder and was so driven to prove... Read more

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2015-05-13T14:44:21+00:00

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updated 2015 speaking schedule

Last updated on: May 13, 2015 at 2:44 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

January 15 The Grace House The Ritz Theater 1530 Newcastle Street Brunswick, GA 31520 http://gracehousebrunswick.org/ January 16-18 January Adventure in Emerging Christianity 2015 Epworth By the Sea 100 Arthur J Moore Drive Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 http://www.januaryadventure.org/ January 28-30 Luther Seminary’s 2015 Mid-Winter Convocation “Religious but not spiritual” Luther Seminary 2481 Como Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108 www.luthersem.edu/convo January 31 2nd Annual Doris Weidmann Peace Lecture First Baptist Church 518 North Franklin Avenue Madison, WI 53705... Read more

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2015-02-02T19:37:03+00:00

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Enemies, Retribution and Women Giving Birth – a Sermon on Jonah

Last updated on: February 2, 2015 at 7:37 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

(Sermons, so much better when heard that read. click above to listen along!) Once in the middle of the night, I was watching bad Christian television on cable and when I was well past the point of delirium there was Bible trivia game show on. I was feeling pretty proud about getting so many answers right when up came a question that totally stumped me. The young handsome host read the following question from a blue index card: “In what... Read more

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2015-01-14T01:03:03+00:00

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“In The Beginning”: A Sermon on the Occasion Of Paula’s Baptism

Last updated on: January 14, 2015 at 1:03 am By Nadia Bolz Weber

Some of us in this congregation were baptized as infants, some as children some as teenagers, some as adults and some of you – and I’m not naming names, but some of you were baptized more than once. As for me, I was 12 when I was baptized and I remember so much of it…I remember wearing white sandals, and how the little golf pencil felt in my hand as I sat up front at church, so many eyes on... Read more

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2014-12-24T20:41:57+00:00

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Some Questions for Mary; an Advent Sermon

Last updated on: December 24, 2014 at 8:41 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

(click above to listen along) Another lady-pastor friend of mine in New York posted a simple 3- line poem today. It is titled “Virgin” * It seems everyone wants at least 3-5 years experience. Except God, that is. He looks for the one willing to try something new. It’s no secret that one of my favorite things about Jesus has always been his mom. I have images of her in my car and in my home and on my... Read more

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2014-12-22T02:31:07+00:00

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Shrine for the 141 murdered Pakistani Children

Last updated on: December 22, 2014 at 2:31 am By Nadia Bolz Weber

Several of my parishioners created this shrine that was up at church tonight, it is for the 141 Pakistani children who were murdered this week. 141 pages from a children’s Bible, bullet holes, and spent shell casings. Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. Read more

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2017-12-20T13:04:18+00:00

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The Virgin Birth: Fact, Fiction, or Truth?

Last updated on: December 20, 2017 at 1:04 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

This post is part of the “Modern Magi on the Mysteries of Christmas,” featuring myself, Scot McKnight, Kyle Roberts, and Billy Kangas, and is a response to Kyle Robert’s post about the Virgin Birth. It is also written in a single draft and without much thought so – kind of jumbled. In his post about the miracle of the Virgin Birth, Kyle Roberts expertly sums up the arguments offered by Moltmann and Barth both for and against believing that Mary, Mother of Jesus, conceived... Read more

2014-12-12T18:38:41+00:00

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The Slaughter of the Innocents of Sandy Hook

Last updated on: December 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm By Nadia Bolz Weber

This post is taken from the un-edited manuscript of the book I’m working on and is part of a special Patheos conversation: “Modern Magi on the Mysteries of Christmas,” featuring myself, Scot McKnight, Kyle Roberts, and Billy Kangas. If I asked 100 people the question, who brought gifts to the Christ child, how many people were there, where were the people from and where did they bring their gifts to…inevitably people would respond: Well, three kings from the orient brought the baby Jesus... Read more

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