God's Politics Blog » Nadia Bolz-Weber http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 God Does not Heed my Snotty Opinions About Evangelicals http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/22/i-am-perfectly-happy-not-liking-evangelicals/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/22/i-am-perfectly-happy-not-liking-evangelicals/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:45:16 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://blog.sojo.net/?p=12728 How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God says Jesus.  How hard it is for us who are self-reliant and smug to accept how utterly dependent we are on God.  How hard it is for…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/10/22/i-am-perfectly-happy-not-liking-evangelicals/feed/ 27 Where Did Jesus Stand at the ELCA Assembly? http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/28/where-did-jesus-stand-at-the-elca-assembly/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/28/where-did-jesus-stand-at-the-elca-assembly/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:00:59 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://blog.sojo.net/?p=11204 In John 6:56-69, Jesus is teaching in the synagogue, and when he’s done a bunch of his followers say, “This teaching is haaaard.” And Jesus is like, “Oh, I’m sorry, does this offend you?” and several of them left right there…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/28/where-did-jesus-stand-at-the-elca-assembly/feed/ 26 Taking the Body and Blood to the Airport http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/01/taking-the-body-and-blood-to-the-airport/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/01/taking-the-body-and-blood-to-the-airport/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:00:25 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9785 090701-child-of-godLast Sunday I got a call at 11 a.m. It was Rachel Pater calling from her home town church (denomination to remain unnamed). It took several minutes before she could form a proper sentence through her sobs. Finally in a…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/28/blessing-of-the-bicycles/feed/ 4 My Definition of the Emerging Church http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/23/my-definition-of-the-emerging-church/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/03/23/my-definition-of-the-emerging-church/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:31:22 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://blog.sojo.net/?p=7237 090323-emerging-churchIf I had a dollar for every person who has asked me “So, what IS the emerging church?” we could meet our budget this year. Here’s my own definition, and it is just that — my definition. Not the definition. This…

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I heard a report on NPR Monday that “The weather in London has now done what the German army could not; the busses have stopped.” The story continued to tell of how Londoners’ choices had been taken from them. Their freedom…

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I had no idea what to…

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I looked at Sheralee unsure what this sentence might actually mean as it was not the one I anticipated coming out of this woman’s mouth.  Sheralee had found our church…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/03/salvation-on-the-small-screen-24-hours-of-christian-television-part-2/feed/ 30 Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television (Part 1) http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/02/salvation-on-the-small-screen-24-hours-of-christian-television-part-1/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/02/salvation-on-the-small-screen-24-hours-of-christian-television-part-1/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:46:45 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2608 To say that Christian television is “not my thing” doesn’t even get close. Christian music, Christian bookstores, Christian television, pretty much any aspect of what some call “the Christian-Industrial Complex” is “not my thing.” Meanwhile, I have a blog called…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/10/02/salvation-on-the-small-screen-24-hours-of-christian-television-part-1/feed/ 78 Prosperity Preachers and Personal Planks http://blog.sojo.net/2008/04/01/prosperity-preachers-and-personal-planks-by-nadia-bolz-weber/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/04/01/prosperity-preachers-and-personal-planks-by-nadia-bolz-weber/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:28:52 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=1472 Yesterday NPR ran a story about the on going Senate investigation of the so-called Grassley Six; Crefflo and Taffi Dollar, Paula and Randy White, Eddie Long, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland and Joyce Meyer – prosperity gospel preachers whose 501(c)(3) status is being questioned in light of the Bentleys and Leer jets being [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/04/01/prosperity-preachers-and-personal-planks-by-nadia-bolz-weber/feed/ 110 Latin Tattoos and 24 Hours of Televangelism http://blog.sojo.net/2008/03/07/latin-tattoos-and-24-hours-of-televangelism-by-nadia-bolz-weber/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/03/07/latin-tattoos-and-24-hours-of-televangelism-by-nadia-bolz-weber/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:35:14 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=1904 While working on my upcoming book for Seabury Press - Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television, a theological and cultural commentary based on my experience watching 24 consecutive hours of the Trinity Broadcasting Network - I faced the issue of sanctification, sin, and leadership in the church. TBN preacher Paula White said the following on her show: "Sanctification is a progressive process you go from glory to glory to glory." (And by "progressive," I don't [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/03/07/latin-tattoos-and-24-hours-of-televangelism-by-nadia-bolz-weber/feed/ 27 Prison Praise Music http://blog.sojo.net/2008/02/27/prison-praise-music-by-nadia-bolz-weber/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/02/27/prison-praise-music-by-nadia-bolz-weber/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:42:13 +0000 Nadia Bolz-Weber http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=1628
New Beginnings is a congregation on the inside of the Denver Women's Correctional Facility, and I've come with three others from my own community to share in their worship service. [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/02/27/prison-praise-music-by-nadia-bolz-weber/feed/ 11