Tattoos, ‘salty’ language and alcoholism only partly sum up the life of Nadia Bolz-Weber, the pastor at the House for All Saints and Sinners in Denver, USA.

In the first of a three-part series Jane Little will meet Nadia, the body building, tattooed, stand-up comic Lutheran pastor from Denver to explore her faith and how her conservative Lutheran faith collides with and complements her belief that we are all sinners and the church should accept all areas of society through its doors.

Last Word on BBC Radio 4

Fang Lizhi, Ferdinand Porsche, Miss Read, Bingu wa Mutharika, Derick Thomson

Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar.

Bill Wedderburn, Adrienne Rich, Tom Lodge, Howard Anderson, Cecil Sharpley

This year the Hayne Barton Jazz Festival is celebrating British Woman, and Jane Little finds out about the role that women are playing in the jazz scene with singer Barb Jungr, and singer and pianist Liane Carroll.

Jane chats to her about what it means to her to have recorded a song which has inspired so many women. Gloria also talks about being a Queen of Disco, how she overcame her dark days by turning to Christianity and about her latest album and her current UK concert tour.

She talks to Jane about her eminent career in radio, television and the theatre – a career which has spanned over 60 years.