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A Spiritual Anti-Hero, and Dispatches from the Religion Beat |
May 11, 2017 |
Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber says if she leaves church with a to-do list, 'I don't feel like I've heard any good news.' Plus, Mark Oppenheimer on the religion beat. |
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A Pastor to Misfits |
May 11, 2017 |
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Nadia Bolz-Weber is covered in tattoos, swears like a sailor, and has logged a lot of time in church basements, wrestling with addiction. She is also a Lutheran minister, and founder of the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, Colorado, where she welcomes all "the wrong people" -- ex-cons, addicts, sinners and outsiders. Asked about her rejection of Christian stereotypes, she says, "I'm in it for the freedom, man." First aired in October, 2015.
Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, author of Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
Most of Rev. Bolz-Weber's tattoos are drawn from scenes in the Bible, including Jesus in the desert and the resurrected Lazarus.
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An Exit Interview with Mark Oppenheimer, Religion Columnist for The New York Times |
May 11, 2017 |
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Religion should be covered like sports, Jews make good copy, and, let's be real, CrossFit is not a religion. After nearly seven years writing about faith every other week for The New York Times, Mark Oppenheimer reflects on what he's learned. One takeaway: Please stop calling religion coverage the "God beat."
"We are covering human beings who do stuff, or earn a paycheck, in the name of religion," he says. "If there is a God, then he, she, or it is not coverable by us." He spoke to producer Laura Kwerel. First aired in August, 2016.
Mark Oppenheimer, religion writer and co-host of the Unorthodox podcast |
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