Nadia Bolz-Weber
UCC elects first woman — and first woman of African descent — to lead denomination
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 3, 2023
(RNS) — That Thompson is the first woman to lead the denomination may be surprising given the denomination’s progressive stances on women’s rights and many other issues.
Nadia Bolz-Weber installed as ELCA’s first pastor of public witness
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 23, 2021
(RNS) — 'We are acknowledging that Nadia has a ministry that goes far beyond the walls of any one church,' the installing bishop told RNS.
National unity isn’t just possible, it’s worth working for
By Heather Greene — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — The question is not really whether we can achieve national unity. It is whether we are willing to do the work.
Election stress? Check out these spiritual self-care activities designed for the day
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 2, 2020
(RNS) — Take a break from 'doomscrolling' and join a prayer vigil, a guided meditation, a poetry reading or even a sing-along.
Unlike most Christian women’s conferences, the Ally Virtual Tour isn’t shying away from politics
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 7, 2020
(RNS) — The four-week Ally Tour kicked off Monday (Oct. 5) and brings together a number of female Christian leaders to discuss faith, gender, race and politics in the countdown to the 2020 presidential election.
More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
By Jack Jenkins — August 27, 2020
(RNS) — ‘I think progressive Christianity is a sleeping giant,’ said the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber.
Growing the religious left by confessing our sins against nature to plants
By Tara Isabella Burton — September 23, 2019
(RNS) — For these progressive Christians, the language of social justice is a way of translating the gospel message of a kingdom of heaven on earth into a contemporary world.
Spiritual adulting with author Alice Connor
By Jana Riess — July 18, 2019
Yeah, we screw up. In a wise and funny new book, author and campus minister Alice Connor says that is just part of the deal with being human.
At her funeral, Rachel Held Evans is memorialized with quotes from her own writings
By Carina Julig — June 1, 2019
(RNS) — Her friend Nadia Bolz-Weber gave a sermon, saying that though theologically she knows that death knows no sting, 'it stings now.'
Nadia Bolz-Weber wants to kiss 1990s-era purity rings goodbye
By Cathleen Falsani — December 13, 2018
(RNS) — In the wake of #MeToo, evangelicals and other Christians are rethinking 1990s-era purity culture.
Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order
By Carina Julig — August 5, 2018
(RNS) — Seen as a tattooed rebel when she founded Denver's House for All Saints and Sinners, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her church a decade later as a model for mainline Protestant outreach.
Gay Mormon rocker no longer singing praises for his faith
By Jana Riess — April 30, 2016
Tyler Glenn's new solo video "Trash" says the Mormon religion is claustrophobic for LGBT people—and since the video ends with the singer's mock death, apparently fatal.
Why hipster pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber thinks the church is for losers
By Jesse James DeConto — September 29, 2015
(RNS) Her newest book, “Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People," expands on her trademark exploration of finding God in the unexpected.
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