For the Flames to Dance
Lindsey Krinks implores faith-adhering, justice-seeking Christians to pray with their feet on the streets and in the communities where they find themselves.
Lindsey Krinks
Lindsey Krinks is cofounder and interim codirector at Open Table Nashville, an interfaith homeless outreach nonprofit. Over the last fifteen years, she has worked on the streets of Nashville as an outreach worker, community organizer, street chaplain, and educator. She is committed to transformative justice, anti-racism, abolition, and working toward a future that includes housing for all. On any given day, Krinks can be found hanging out in tent cities, organizing for change, or foraging for native plants with her toddler.
A Peculiar Education: Homelessness, Poetry, and the Imagination
In this article, Andrew and Lindsey Krinks suggest that at the intersection between an imaginative exploration of poetry and a creative ministry to the homeless lies a unique potential for the sort of education that is “peculiar” and thus ideal for a life of Christian discipleship, a life that seeks to cultivate reconciliation for the sake of God’s kingdom.