Nadia Bolz-Weber Quote

The disciples’ mistake was also my mistake: They forgot that they have a God who created the universe out of nothing, that can put flesh on dry bones nothing, that can put life in a dusty womb nothing. I mean, let’s face it, nothing is God’s favorite material to work with. Perhaps God looks upon that which we dismiss as nothing, insignificant, and worthless, and says Ha! Now that I can do something with.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

The disciples’ mistake was also my mistake: They forgot that they have a God who created the universe out of nothing, that can put flesh on dry bones nothing, that can put life in a dusty womb nothing. I mean, let’s face it, nothing is God’s favorite material to work with. Perhaps God looks upon that which we dismiss as nothing, insignificant, and worthless, and says Ha! Now that I can do something with.

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About Nadia Bolz-Weber

Nadia Bolz-Weber (born April 22, 1969) is an American author, Lutheran minister and public theologian. She served as the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Denver, Colorado, until July 8, 2018.
Bolz-Weber is known for her unusual approach to reaching others through her church. She has produced work in the church that scholar and writer Diana Butler Bass considers part of "a new Reformation".