Episode #20 Lindsy Wallace
Lindsy Wallace followed Jesus to the margins and discovered morebeauty and hope than she ever imagined. Alongside her husband, she is raising five kids who joined their familyvia birth, foster care adoption, and international adoption. She is passionateabout downward mobility, ushering in a more livable planet, and good tattoos. She is the co-founder of the Upside DownPodcast, an ecumenical conversation about faith, justice, and the upside-downkingdom of Jesus.
Today on the show Lindsy and I are focusing on downward mobility andhow it has shaped her story. If you aren’tfamiliar with downward mobility, it’s basically the opposite of the Americandream. She and her husband chose to gofrom home owners to renters, from a diverse community to a low-income,sometimes dangerous neighborhood, from having middle-class neighbors to livingin solidarity with those on the margins of society.
We talk about her time in that neighborhood in Miami, about howwhen she thought of herself as a part-time missionary, since she was also busywith her five kiddos, her supervisor assured her that she was every bit aseffective because she was modeling what it looked like to parent well. She tells us how she became an advocate forsafe, affordable housing and we also talk about what it means to shed and spendprivilege.
Lindsy’s ideas and points of view challenge me in the best way andhope they will challenge you too.
Matthew 25:35-40
'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
“Thenthe righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger andinvite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick orin prison and go to visit you?’
“TheKing will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least ofthese brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Lindsy's Favorite 5
Voices Rising – Servant Partners Press
Beating Guns by Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin
Giving up Instagram for Summer
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