{"product_id":"praying-with-our-feet-pursuing-justice-and-healing-on-the-streets-paperback","title":"Praying with Our Feet: Pursuing Justice and Healing on the Streets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLindsey Krinks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers looking for ways to get involved in their communities will find plenty to motivate them in Krinks's personal testament.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age twenty, Lindsey Krinks thought she had her life figured out. But a devastating injury and an unexpected encounter with a homeless organizing group disrupted her plans and opened her eyes to the immense suffering and injustice around her. Awakened to a fierce pursuit of justice and a faith that called her to \"pray with her feet,\" Krinks plunged into the underside of American society, where she found both staggering loss and astounding love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a street chaplain, activist, and cofounder of Open Table Nashville, Krinks takes us on an unforgettable spiritual journey to tent cities, alleys, slums, and the front lines of movements for justice. \u003ci\u003ePraying with Our Feet\u003c\/i\u003e challenges preconceptions about people who live on the streets, calling us to move from charity to justice and to get our hands dirty in the struggle for a better world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders who are dismayed by the world's suffering but don't know where to start will find much inspiration in this intimate and moving book. Includes end-of-book discussion questions for each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Read. Be challenged. Act.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStreet chaplain, activist, and nonprofit leader Lindsey Krinks takes readers on a spiritual journey to the margins of American society and to the front lines of social justice movements, calling people of faith and conscience to get their hands dirty in the struggle for a better world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I wholeheartedly say amen to \u003ci\u003ePraying with Our Feet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe continued growth of poverty and homelessness in the richest country in the world is a moral failing and a social sin. The story Lindsey Krinks tells in her book is one of an important and needed ministry of work with the poor and homeless.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eWillie Baptist\u003c\/b\u003e, activist, educator, author, and formerly homeless father\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I took up this book expecting a study of the integration of action and contemplation. What I was delighted to find was a superbly written story about the life-forming experiences that brought Krinks to such integration.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePaul Quenon\u003c\/b\u003e, Abbey of Gethsemani; author of \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk's Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Our world desperately needs not only our caring but also our actions to heal and to continue to point us to the new heaven and new earth where justice and love find their home. This is a powerful book of stories that will keep you reading. Read. Be challenged. Act.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEmilie M. Townes\u003c\/b\u003e, dean and distinguished professor of womanist ethics and society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoughtfully crafted and powerfully told, \u003ci\u003ePraying with Our Feet\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of a movement growing from those who are homeless but not helpless coming together to demand dignity, life, and change. I thank Krinks for treating the lives and wounds of so many of God's people as serious and sacred, and for recognizing these people as moral and political agents of change.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eLiz Theoharis\u003c\/b\u003e, cochair, Poor People's Campaign; codirector, Kairos: The Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice, Union Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759867265312,"sku":"9781587434587","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2afe2f173085d585b37a58b3fb8ede06.webp?v=1780164662","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/praying-with-our-feet-pursuing-justice-and-healing-on-the-streets-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}