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Nadia Bolz-Weber is a New York Times bestselling author and ordained Lutheran minister, known for her unique approach to faith and community, offering valuable insights on authenticity and connection to diverse audiences.
Nadia Bolz-Weber was scheduled to speak at Hendrix College, with the partnership through the Compelling Preaching Initiative offering enhanced opportunities for attendees to spend time with her.
Nadia Bolz-Weber was featured by The Atlantic discussing her unique congregation, House for All Sinners and Saints, and her views on faith and inclusivity.
Nadia Bolz-Weber was featured on Krista Tippett's public radio show 'On Being,' where she discussed themes of seeing the underside and seeing God, tattoos, tradition, and grace.
Nadia Bolz-Weber was called by the ELCA’s Rocky Mountain Synod and installed as that denomination's first Pastor of Public Witness.
Nadia Bolz-Weber participated in 'Ask a Sober Oldster,' sharing insights as an ordained Lutheran Pastor and author of three NYT bestselling memoirs.
Nadia Bolz-Weber collaborated with The Moth and PRX for her podcast, 'The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber,' sharing diverse stories about human transformation.
PRX serves as a partner for Nadia Bolz-Weber's podcast, 'The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber,' broadcasting stories that normalize conversations about failings and celebrate human transformation.
Nadia Bolz-Weber has been featured in the 'MAKERS: Women Who Make America' documentary series and contributes to their video series 'Have a Little Faith.'
Nadia Bolz-Weber won the coveted Audience Award at The Nantucket Project in 2017.
Nadia Bolz-Weber, born on April 22, 1969, in Colorado Springs, grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family. She briefly attended Pepperdine University before dropping out and moving to Denver. By 1991, she achieved sobriety after struggles with alcoholism and drug abuse, maintaining it for over 28 years. Prior to her ordination, Bolz-Weber worked as a stand-up comedian and in the restaurant industry. Her call to service came in 2004 when she was asked to eulogize a friend who had died by suicide. In 2008, she was ordained as a Lutheran pastor.
Bolz-Weber founded House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado, a congregation welcoming to an eclectic mix of individuals, including members of the LGBTQ community, people recovering from addiction, and those questioning their faith. She served as its founding pastor until July 2018. Her approach to ministry, characterized by honesty and inclusivity, has led scholar Diana Butler Bass to consider her work part of “a new Reformation.” Bolz-Weber dedicates substantial time, nearly twenty hours weekly, to crafting her ten-minute sermons.
Her career includes authoring three New York Times bestselling memoirs: *Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint*, *Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People*, and *Shameless: A Sexual Reformation*. She is also known for her activism, notably initiating a project in 2018 where she collected purity rings from women to melt down into a sculpture of a vulva, representing healing from the 1990s purity movement. This sculpture was presented to Gloria Steinem in 2019. In August 2021, Bolz-Weber was installed as the ELCA’s first Pastor of Public Witness by the Rocky Mountain Synod. She also hosts “The Confessional with Nadia Bolz-Weber” podcast, a collaboration with PRX and The Moth, and maintains an online publication and community called “The Corners.”
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