“That’s kind of creepy.”
That was Nadia Bolz-Weber’s off-the-cuff, comic response to Krista telling the tattooed Lutheran pastor that she’s been following her for quite some time. Every so often, Krista’s interviews should be seen as much as heard. Her conversation with Nadia Bolz-Weber is one of these essential moments. (Yes, I’m biased.)
Their energy is dynamic. The enthusiasm of the crowd, palpable. Humor and laughter fills the big-top tent and infuses the conversation. And, it’s what didn’t make it into the produced podcast that shouldn’t be missed: an interruption, a disruption that usually is an event-killer. But, somehow, in the context of the Wild Goose Festival, it became a moment of opportunity and community bonding together through communal song. What’s the song? Watch and see… and sing along.
This August our production crew traveled to the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. We arranged a series of interviews with many great thinkers, including the Indigo Girls, Brian McLaren, and other folks we’ve had on our “big list” of guests. Nadia Bolz-Weber was also one of them. She’s the pastor of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, a church where a chocolate fountain, a blessing of the bicycles, and serious liturgy come together. She’s a face of the Emerging Church. She’s redefining what church is, with deep reverence for tradition.
This is the unedited, unabridged version of their interview, recorded with a live audience at the Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, North Carolina. And it’s not to be missed.