Nadia Bolz-Weber’s memoir Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint (published 2013) has been getting a lot of buzz over the last few years. It was a New York Times bestseller. On Amazon.com, the book has almost one thousand reviews averaging five stars. These days Bolz-Weber has become one of the leaders of wild-goosey progressive […]
Nadia Bolz-Weber
When you can’t believe, the church can do it for you
Yesterday while I was doing the Run for the Cure I listened to Krista Tippett’s interview with author and pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber. While the whole conversation is worth a listen, I was particularly intrigued by Bolz-Weber’s comment about the corporate nature of prayer and faith. In this excerpt she begins by noting that the call to […]