Words of Good Hope: A Conversation with Nadia Bolz-Weber, Part II
On repentance, reorientation, making amends, curiosity and the ego, storks, crying, prayer and the gossamer thread, blessings, evil, and joy.
Intimate conversations with our greatest heart-centered minds.
As promised, here’s Part II of my interview with the magnificent
. It picks up exactly where we left off so if you need a review of Part I or haven’t yet read it, you can check it out here.Next week I’ll be sharing Craft Advice from Nadia. It’s really good! I think you’ll learn a lot!
This entire conversation changed me. I think it will change you, too! If you want to read Nadia’s work, check out her beautiful newsletter
.Enjoy! And let me know what you think in the comments! ❤️
When you say things like, “God replaced my stone-cold heart with a beating one” or “God picked me off that path and put me on this one,” what is actually happening?
It’s literally that moment of repentance. It's that moment of reorientation. It's like cutting open a hole in the roof. All of a sudden, there's this light streaming in. What I needed in the moment was light -- and what I thought I should be doing is holding the ceiling closed. I fight and fight and fight. I'm so strong willed. I'm such a force of nature. I can make shit happen and that's amazing. But it's also dangerous to me and the people in my life.
There have been times where I have fought, fought, fought, fought because I was sure the story I was telling myself was right about myself and the world and other people. When everything collapses or something happens that was unexpected, I start thinking differently about it, I’ve got to let all of that stuff drop. And I can't even see the relief of it, because I'm so scared to let it go, because it's all I have.
How do you come up with a new story? Does it arise naturally? Or do you have to go through steps to see your life at a different angle?