Today we talk to Dr. Terence Lester, a scholar, community activist, and founder of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on raising poverty and homelessness awareness and community mobilization.

We talk his personal journey of being unhoused, how Jesus was homeless, and what actually causes someone to be unhoused.

Let’s go the Deep End.

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Timetamps
00:00 Intro
01:07 Meeting Dr. Terence Lester
05:18 The Moment Terence’s Life Changed
08:10 Trauma Factors into Being Un-Housed09:12 Homelessness is Not Monolithic
11:49 We’ve Been Educated Incorrectly
13:18 The Leading Cause of Homelessness is Job Loss
15:46 Why Don’t Un-Housed People Just Get A Job?
21:20 Homelessness is a Symptom of Poverty
23:47 Why “Homeless” Is a Loaded Word
20:27 We All Want to be Seen, Known, Loved
28:00 Isn’t the Church Supposed to be Safe?
31:24 Who Is this Jesus You Follow?
36:46 Jesus Saw, He Was Present
38:26 People That Are Un-Housed Have Preferences Too
40:52 Disciplining People for Not-Having Things
42:40 Lecrae’s Depressive Episode
44:08 Jesus Came Down Among Us
45:07 What Would Be On Lecrae’s Sign if He Were Homeless?
50:42 The Dignity Museum
53:53 Is Fake Homelessness Real?

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