(My intern, and not myself is slated to preach this evening. But as the pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, I wanted my voice to be in the room. I’m certain it will be a shaky voice.) click here to listen along ——> 2013-07-14 NBW sermon on Trayvon Martin I would like to take this opportunity to “stand my own ground”. I would like to stand my ground as a voice for anti-racism and non-violence. For gun control and... Read more
Click here 2013-07-07<——- to listen along. Jesus said, “See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you” For Open Space today I considered dumping a large sack of live snakes and scorpions on the floor so that as a test of our faith in Jesus we could all have a go at walking on them and see who gets bitten. As weird as that... Read more
(from the memorial service of Suzanne Harvey Lynch, June 30th, 2013 (what would have been her 79th birthday) at the Comedy Works, Greenwood Village, co) A couple months ago, I sat at the deathbed – or in this case, the death recliner of a woman dying of emphysema and needing a priest. I’m unclear if the fact that the priest was me was poetic or just ironic, since 20 years earlier it was this same woman, Suzanne Lynch who had... Read more
2013-06-23 NBW Sermon 2<—-click here to listen along Today we just got to hear that awesomely weird story of when Jesus casts a legion of demons out of a naked dude and into a herd of pigs – pigs who then throw themselves over a cliff and drown in a lake. It was this story that made my friend heather post the following question on my Facebook Page: “Dear Nadia. How can I get on board with Jesus when... Read more
2013-09-06 NWB Sermon-1<—click here to listen along. It makes more sense when heard and not just read, I promise. A few years ago I wrote a book about the experience of watching 24 consecutive hours of bad Christian television. My friends and family signed up for an hour each to watch along with me. The whole thing was insane but things got especially crazy around 1a when a show called the Power Team was on. Now, the Power Team are... Read more
My thanks to Deb Creamer and Albert Hernandez for inviting me to speak to you today. It is an honor to be with you. I have a special fondness for Iliff because I had such a blast here – mostly because let’s face it, Iliff is like, a super weird place. I loved the people I met which now include two of my best friends. And one time in a paper for Jacob Kinnard I wrote a totally fake first... Read more
2013-05-26 NBW Sermon<—-Click here to listen along. …suffering produces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us -Romans 5 As many of you know, I have a regular spiritual practice of warning people that I will disappoint them. A couple times a year we host a Welcome to House for All Sinners and Saints brunch for newcomers. Everyone goes around the room saying what drew them to this community or what keeps them... Read more
The State of the House. I say we take a second to think about this year together. There is so much to consider, so much to mourn, so much for which to be grateful to God and to one another. So let’s not mistake miracles for luck or grace for work and let’s take a moment to think about 12 months in our life together. Raise your hand if you were not here, or were not an active part of... Read more
Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis.They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said... Read more
Nadia Bolz-Weber
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