Posted by Nadia Bolz-Weber 15 weeks 4 days ago
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’...
Posted by Nadia Bolz-Weber 30 weeks 2 days ago
Were I one for object lessons I’d have brought a nice sharp axe with me into the pulpit today. Because it’s only once in awhile that we get to hear Jesus talk about brutal self-mutilation as a sign...
Posted by Nadia Bolz-Weber 33 weeks 4 days ago
A couple days ago I called my friend Kae so we could talk about this Gospel reading where Jesus takes a child in his arms and teaches the disciples that if they welcome a child in his name they...
Posted by Nadia Bolz-Weber 34 weeks 5 days ago
Years ago on a bright Tuesday in March, I was driving to seminary and I found myself stuck in traffic on I-25. Sitting in a dead stop on the interstate I stared up into the clear blue Colorado...
Posted by Nadia Bolz-Weber 35 weeks 4 days ago
When Jesus showed up, I think it’s interesting that he took that deaf man away from the THEY. He removes him from that system. He sticks his fingers in his ears and spits and touched his tongue and...
