Best one-liners from a lunch with Bolz-Weber and Sara Miles

Sarcastic, uncensored, best-selling author theologians headlined the luncheon at Saturday’s Religion Newswriters Association’stitled, “A smart-ass tattooed lady and a middle-aged sexual deviant talk about Jesus.”

You guessed it. We lunched with the Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sara Miles.

Bolz-Weber is the author best-selling book,”Pastrix” and is the pastor and founder of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver. Miles is the director of St. Gregory’s Food Pantry in San Francisco and has penned several books including “City of God: Faith in the Streets,” expected to be released in January.

The event was mostly a Q&A with journalists and I think the best way to capture it is with the one-liners below.

.@Sarcasticluther: I’m not responsible for what the people in my church believe. I care about what they hear. #RNA2013

— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) September 28, 2013

I don’t know how people become preachers without being stand up comics says @Sarcasticluther #RNA2013

— Paul B. Raushenbush (@raushenbush) September 28, 2013

“It helps to have a sinner as a Pastor.” @Sarcasticluther #RNA2013

— Heather Adams (@HeatherAdams44) September 28, 2013

@Pontifex steals all his best stuff from @Sarcasticluther #RNA2013

— Megan Sweas (@msweas) September 28, 2013

“Nothing says ‘He is risen’ like a chocolate fountain in the baptismal font.” –@Sarcasticluther at #RNA2013

— Kellie Kotraba (@kelliekotraba) September 28, 2013

.@Sarcasticluther hearing confession is often “boring, like people aren’t trying hard enough.” Helps to have a sinner for a pastor #RNA2013

— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) September 28, 2013

Sara Miles: “The Spirit blows everywhere, even inside the Vatican.” #RNA2013

— Laura Brown (@lauralynn_brown) September 28, 2013

.@Sarcasticluther Some people don’t think clergy should swear. I don’t think clergy should try to be what they’re not. #RNA2013

— Sandi Villarreal (@Sandi) September 28, 2013

“If a church is doing it right, it’s uncomfortable.” @Sarcasticluther #RNA2013

— Jana Muntsinger (@JMuntsinger) September 28, 2013

Sara Miles: Strangers come in, mess up what we do – but our salvation depends on welcoming stranger 2 keep catholicity of church #rna2013

— Kay Campbell (@KayTimes) September 28, 2013

.@Sarcasticluther: if we had sentimental praise music I would have no more young people in my church. #RNA2013

— Sandi Villarreal (@Sandi) September 28, 2013

RT @KayTimes: @sarcasticluther Whole thing about ditch the liturgy & get a praise band & young people will come? False. #RNA2013

— Kellie Kotraba (@kelliekotraba) September 28, 2013

I never understood the idea of taking all the good singers out of the congregation – @Sarcasticluther says their choir’s in pews #RNA2013

— Kristin Cole (@kucole) September 28, 2013

@Sarcasticluther Other churches freak out with drag queens at church, @HFASS freaks out re: suburbanites in Dockers. #RNA2013

— Ken Chitwood (@kchitwood) September 28, 2013

MT @ETenety: Miles on Ash Weds on streets: Stunning “how many people want to be told that they’re dust & that they want to die” #RNA2013

— Ken Chitwood (@kchitwood) September 28, 2013

Miles & @Sarcasticluther “Jesus has no taste” he’s indiscriminate, eats & hangs w/ sinners. #RNA2013

— Ken Chitwood (@kchitwood) September 28, 2013

And now for an an “inappropriate” stewardship video: