[Magdalen] A thought from Nadia

[Grace Cangialosi]

Yes, she is! I've seen her twice in Richmond and read her books. She also has a blog, the name of which escapes me at the moment, and her sermons are posted there.
I've almost gotten used to her tattoos...

> On Apr 10, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I got a chance to see/hear her in person a couple of years ago. She's
> amazing.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 4:14 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Yeah, I love her, too!
>> 
>>>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:05 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> From Nadia Bolz Weber
>>> 
>>> Here’s what I have to say about Holy Week (Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday,
>>> Good Friday and the Easter Vigil):
>>> 
>>> Two thousand years ago in the middle-east, there had to have been crowds
>>> who shouted praise and friends who betrayed and followers who denied and
>>> women who wept and soldiers who mocked and thieves who believed. It would
>>> have happened like this even if the Jesus event were happening now
>> instead
>>> of then. Even if we knew everything in advance – were we the ones on the
>>> street we too would shout Hosanna and a few days later shout crucify him.
>>> And that’s the good news when it comes down to it. Because these people
>> of
>>> the Holy Week story are we people. And we people are the likes of which
>> God
>>> came to save. God did not become human and dwell among us as Jesus to
>> save
>>> only an improved, doesn’t make the wrong choices kind of people. There is
>>> no improved version of humanity that could have done any differently. So
>> go
>>> ahead. Don’t wait until you think your motivations are correct. Don’t
>> wait
>>> till you are sure you believe every single line of the Nicene creed (no
>> one
>>> does all the time!). Don’t worry about coming to church this week for the
>>> right reasons. Just wave branches. Shout praise for the wrong reason.
>> Eat a
>>> meal. Have your feet washed. Grab at coins. Shout Crucify him. Walk away
>>> when the cock crows. Because we, as we are and not as some improved
>> version
>>> of ourselves…we are who God came to save. And nothing can stop what’s
>> going
>>> to happen.
>>> 
>>> -- Nadia Bolz Weber
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> Christopher Hart
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