Nadia Bolz-Weber
Nadia Bolz-Weber | |
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Born | Nadia Bolz April 22, 1969 |
Nationality | American |
Education | |
Occupation | Pastor |
Spouse | Matthew Bolz-Weber (1996–2016) |
Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Ordained | 2008 |
Writings | Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation |
Congregations served | House for All Sinners and Saints |
Website | www |
Nadia Bolz-Weber (born April 22, 1969) is an American author,
Bolz-Weber is known for her unusual approach to reaching others through her church.[2] She has produced work in the church that scholar and writer Diana Butler Bass considers part of "a new Reformation".[3]
Biography
Bolz-Weber was born as Nadia Bolz and grew up in
Bolz-Weber began to acquire tattoos in 1986 at age 17. Those present on her arms mark the
By 1991, Bolz-Weber became sober and, as of 2020, has remained so for 28 years.[4] Prior to her ordination, she was a stand-up comedian and worked in the restaurant industry.[6]
Bolz-Weber felt called to service in 2004 when she was asked to eulogize a friend who had committed suicide.[7] In 2008, Bolz-Weber was ordained as a pastor.[6] She started her own church, the House for All Sinners and Saints, the name of which is often shortened to just 'House.'[7] One third of her church is part of the LGBT community, and she also has a "Minister of Fabulousness", Stuart, who is a drag queen.[5] Her church is also very welcoming to people with drug addiction, depression, and even those who are not believers of her faith.[8] Bolz-Weber spends nearly twenty hours each week writing her weekly ten-minute sermon.[6]
Bolz-Weber speaks at conferences across the world.
On August 20, 2021, Bolz-Weber was called by the ELCA’s Rocky Mountain Synod and installed as that denomination's first Pastor of Public Witness, in a ceremony where the synod's bishop, Jim Gonia, gave the installation address.[13]
Personal life
As of 2013, Bolz-Weber had been married to Matthew Weber since 1996 and had two children.[7][needs update]
Books
- Salvation on the Small Screen?: 24 Hours of Christian Television. New York : Seabury Books, 2008. OCLC 221174864
- Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of A Sinner and Saint. New York ; Boston ; Nashville : Jericho Books, 2014. OCLC 868044878
- Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People. Convergent, 2016. OCLC 934193175
- Shameless: A Sexual Reformation. Convergent Books, January 2019. OCLC 1035435905.
References
- ^ Suderman, Brenda (October 1, 2013). "Sinner and a Saint: Tattoos on the Arms, Curse Words on the Lips and a Story of Grace". Winnipeg Free Press. p. D15. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
Call her cranky, call her a sinner, but please don't call Lutheran minister Nadia Bolz-Weber 'pastrix'.
- ^ Green, Emma (September 3, 2015). "Why Every Church Needs a Drag Queen". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Sentilles, Sarah (March 5, 2012). "My Take: Five Women In Religion to Watch". CNN. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ a b O'Connor, Colleen (September 10, 2015). "Nadia Bolz-Weber, Tattooed 'Pastrix,' Ministers to Sinners and Saints". The Denver Post. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ a b Little, Jane (July 6, 2015). "Nadia Bolz Weber: A Pastor For America's Outsiders". BBC News. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Denver Post. Denver, Colorado: Digital First Media. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- ^ Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
It was going through anti-addiction recovery that finally soothed her anger. Her encounter with a tall, cute, Lutheran seminary student named Matthew Weber brought her back to church. They married in 1996 and have two children.
- ^ Gross, Terry (September 17, 2015). "Lutheran Minister Preaches A Gospel Of Love To Junkies, Drag Queens And Outsiders". NPR. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ^ Preyss, Jennifer. "Revelations: Nontraditional 'Pastrix' preaches to reporter", Victoria Advocate (TX) October 11, 2013
- ^ Jones, Nona; Bolz-Weber, Nadia; Herrmann, Laura & Al-Khatahtbeh, Amani (2019). "FaithMAKERS: Can Faith and Feminism Coexist?". MAKERS.com. 2019 MAKERS Conference. Archived from the original (interview transcript) on July 6, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mouser, Jessica (November 29, 2018). "Pastor to Make Controversial Sculpture Out of Purity Rings". Church Leaders.
- ^ Huffington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Emily McFarlan (September 6, 2021). "Nadia Bolz-Weber Installed as ELCA's First Pastor of Public Witness". The Christian Century. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
Further reading
- Boorstein, Michelle (November 3, 2013). "Bolz-Weber's Liberal, Foulmouthed Articulation of Christianity Speaks to Fed-up Believers". Washington Post. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- Christian Century Staff (August 7, 2018). "Nadia Bolz-Weber Embarks Upon Being a Full-Time Public Theologian". The Christian Century. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- Miller, Emily McFarlan (September 6, 2021). "Nadia Bolz-Weber Installed as ELCA's First Pastor of Public Witness". The Christian Century. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Seeing the Underside and Seeing God: Tattoos, Tradition, and Grace, Nadia Bolz Weber — On Being, September 5, 2013
- Voices, Interfaith (October 16, 2015). "Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber: Pastor-Punk and Trouble at the Temple Mount". Interfaith Voices, public radio's religion news magazine. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- Nadia Bolz-Weber Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America