I knew it would be tough, especially because Patty is playing in great form, ... But I beat her two years ago and I was certain I had the potential to repeat this success.


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NADIA BOLZ-WEBER
There are some Christians who talk about the rapture as if the good people in heaven will be given t...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER
That's the crazy thing about Christianity — the idea that the finite can contain the infinite....
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER
No one is climbing the spiritual ladder. We don't continually improve until we are so spiritual we n...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER
God's grace is not defined as God being forgiving to us even though we sin. Grace is when God is a s...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER
But inevitably, when I can't harm the people who harmed me, I just end up harming the people who lov...
NADIA BOLZ-WEBER