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Unorthodox and Unashamed

Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and a Saint by Nadia Bolz-Weber

January 30, 2025 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

I have been following Nadia Bolz-Weber on social media for a few years now and I subscribe to her newsletter. I find her preaching to be witty, funny, cutting, provocative and deeply spiritual. It has been most welcome over the years as I have tried to deal with the problems of everyday life and the larger fucked up world. Bolz-Weber has written several books but I believe this was the first and it sort of provides the “origin story” for Pastrix Nadia, a Lutheran pastor […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Religion Tagged With: #memoir, cbr17, ElCicco, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix, Religion

ElCicco's CBR17 Review No:4 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Religion · Tags: #memoir, cbr17, ElCicco, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix, Religion ·
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On My Own Cranky, Beautiful Path to Faith

September 30, 2015 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I don’t really know how to review Pastrix. I think what I’m going to do is tell you a bit about the book and its author, and then blog about how some of the things in the book really affected me and gave me some things to ruminate on. So, enter at your own risk, I’m going to talk about faith. Awhile back our own bonnie read and reviewed this book and suggested it to me via Goodreads before I even had a chance to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: faintingviolet, faith, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:83 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: faintingviolet, faith, Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix, read harder challenge ·
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