2014-02-09 NBW Sermon – 2_12_14, 10.42 AM <—-click here to listen along If you are able to hear that you are the salt of the earth reading from today and NOT have a song from the musical Godspell worm through your head, then more power to ya.  But I am not that mentally strong and I have been reading this text over and over all week, ergo I have had “let your light so shine before men” stuck in my head... Read more

After my quiet time with the Lord, where I was bathing in prayer, God laid it on my heart to be a transformational leader by just loving up on my blog readers and offering them some ideas from my missional imagination. Earlier this morning, I saw a tweet from @JesusofNazareth316: Blessed are they who stop using the word “‪#missional“, which caused me to post something on Twitter and Facebook asking people what their favorite church jargon is – mine being... Read more

2014-01-19 NBW HFASS Podcast – 1_21_14, 7.07 PM<—-click here to listen along One Saturday last month over a 12 hour period a group of us gathered to listen to the Gospels read aloud.  We sat in sofas in a warm renovated barn, busied our hands with eating, and knitting and whittling, and we took turns reading aloud Mark, then Matthew, then Luke and finally John.  Folks came and went and some diehards were there the whole time.  It was one... Read more

Click here to listen along (the meaning of the words is clearer when heard and not read.) —>Untitled – 1_13_14, 9.13 AMnbw extra copy 13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he... Read more

2014 BLOG SCHEDULE DATE EVENT LOCATION URL January 3-4 NEOSLYO Winter Gathering Holiday Inn, Independence, Ohio http://www.neos-elca.org/lyo/lyo.htm January 22 Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber to speak in Cedar Falls St. John Lutheran, 715 College St., Cedar Falls, Iowa http://stjohncf.org/ February 10 Keynote Speaker at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 789 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina http://www.gcpcusa.org/ February 11 Keynote Speaker at Augsburg Lutheran Church Augsburg Lutheran Church, 845 W. Fifth Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina http://www.augsburglutheran-ws.org/ February 11 Keynote Speaker... Read more

2013-12-22 NBW HFASS Sermon 2<—-click here to listen along (this one makes more sense heard rather the read, trust me) Ok boys and girls, get super excited.  Because it’s time once again for Pastor Nadia’s super nerdy liturgical church history lesson. That’s right.  Tonight we are going to learn about what the church calls the O Antiphons. But first, and this may go without saying, but first I obviously have to tell you about taking Harper to the piercing shop... Read more

Click here to listen along —-> 2013-11-24 nbw sermon 33When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. [[ 34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”]] And they cast lots to divide his clothing. 35And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is... Read more

2013-10-27 NBW HFASS Sermon 2 <—– click here to listen along. This week I began to think that Jesus’ teachings should really come with a warning label. Perhaps something like, Caution! Contents may cause extreme discomfort if actually ingested. See, in our Gospel for today, Luke tells us that this parable was told to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and held others in contempt.  The Pharisee in the story, a devout, tithe paying do-gooder – prays what... Read more