{"id":40888,"date":"2013-11-04T20:05:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bolz-webers_liberal_foulmouthed_articulation_of_christianity_speaks_to_fed\/"},"modified":"2013-11-04T20:05:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:05:47","slug":"bolz-webers_liberal_foulmouthed_articulation_of_christianity_speaks_to_fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=40888","title":{"rendered":"Bolz-Weber\u2019s liberal, foulmouthed articulation of Christianity speaks to fed-up believers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nadia Bolz-Weber bounds into the University United Methodist Church sanctuary like a superhero from Planet Alternative Christian. Her 6-foot-1 frame is plastered with tattoos, her arms are sculpted by competitive weightlifting and, to show it all off, this pastor is wearing a tight tank top and jeans.<\/p>\n<p>Looking out at the hundreds of people crowded into the pews to hear her present the gospel of Jesus Christ, she sees: Dockers and blazers. Sensible shoes. Grandmothers and soccer moms. Nary a facial piercing.<\/p>\n<p>To Bolz-Weber\u2019s bafflement, this is now her congregation: mainstream America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/bolz-webers-liberal-foulmouthed-articulation-of-christianity-speaks-to-fed-up-believers\/2013\/11\/03\/7139dc24-3cd3-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html?hpid=z4\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nadia Bolz-Weber bounds into the University United Methodist Church sanctuary like a superhero from Planet Alternative Christian. Her 6-foot-1 frame is plastered with tattoos, her arms are sculpted by competitive weightlifting and, to show it all off, this pastor is<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=40888\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,39,50,209,435,184,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-americau-s-a","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}