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Welcome to a new series I\u2019m calling\u00a0<\/em>Saints of Darkness<\/a>. It will run on Mondays from now until May 18th and feature folks who are doing really interesting, creative, and important social justice work. The series is available as a free podcast that you can stream from this site or\u00a0download either from iTunes<\/a>\u00a0or \u00a0Podbean<\/a>\u00a0and listen to later at your convenience.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Mixing things up a bit today from the original schedule to bring you what may be my favorite interview of the series.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong.<\/p>\n

I sincerely<\/em>\u00a0loved talking to everyone I had a chance to meet, but I really<\/em> loved talking to Rachel Hester, Executive Director of Room In The Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To be fair, I am a bit biased because Rachel was my babysitter growing up, but that really has nothing to do with why I enjoyed this interview so much. Her openness, honesty, dedication, and clarity of vision are amazing, second only to the wonderful\u00a0work Room In The Inn does both at the incredible outreach center pictured above (seriously, if you live in Nashville, you must<\/strong><\/em> go see it\u2026.or better yet, go volunteer) and with it\u2019s network of churches around town and across the country.<\/p>\n

From her challenge to reimagine\u00a0how we think about folks struggling with the chaos the comes with being homeless to her ideas for how we can not only love and serve them ourselves, but\u00a0also teach our children to do the same, I genuinely left this interview feeling inspired.<\/p>\n

And I think you\u2019ll feel the same way after you listen to what Rachel has to say.
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\nYou can keep up with all the amazing things Room In The Inn is doing by liking their page<\/a> on Facebook, following them<\/a> on Twitter, or subscribing to their newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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