Craft Advice with Nadia Bolz-Weber

On finding the one thing that needs to be said, letting go of attachments, writing to break your heart, writing from our wounds, laying yourself bare, writing about other people, and getting unstuck.

⭐️ Gertrude Stein and Nadia vying for the writing chair!

Nadia Bolz-Weber

’s writing is so fluid, easy, and elegant, it’s almost magical. She takes complex subject matter drawn from the Bible, her own life, and the lives of those around her (with their permission!) and creates a wise, earnest, majestic tapestry which always helps me see life a little differently, a little more gently.

It was a delight to speak with Nadia about how she pulls this off. Her insights and advice are some of the best I’ve heard. I gleaned a lot. I think you will, too.

If you missed part one of our interview, you can read it here.

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. And her three wonderful books: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, and Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex).

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Where do you write?

I have a dingy yellow chair from Ikea in the corner of my office. I have to fight my French bulldog, Gertrude, for space on the chair. I have my laptop on my lap when I'm writing, and she is the founder of an organization called Lapdogs Against Laptops. She stages protests daily.

Do you write every day?