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Nadia Bolz-Weber — Seeing the Underside and Seeing God: Tattoos, Tradition, and Grace

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Importance of Diversity in Churches

"It was the wrong kind of different for us, right? So like some churches might freak out if the drag queens show up, but these were like bankers wearing dockers," he says. "I just thought you're ruining our thing, man. You are like messing it up." The Denver Post ran a front page story about him preaching at Red Rocks Easter Sunrise Services and his church doubled in size overnight. He had scheduled a meeting to talk about the demographic change in their community so that people who are new could feel welcome.

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