" I may feel used to the idea that if  I live a certain kind of  life, I can make myself worthy of God. But what if  God’s Word is so much more powerful than our ability to become worthy of  God? I mean, not for nothing, but if  God can create the universe by speaking it into existence, then I think God can make us into God’s beloved by simply saying it is so. "

― Nadia Bolz-Weber , Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People