kevin nye
@kevinmnye.bsky.social
Writer/advocate on homelessness, housing, harm reduction, and faith
Author of “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness” https://kevinmnye.com/
🏳️🌈 affirming, liberationist, abolitionist Christian ; he/him
Author of “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness” https://kevinmnye.com/
🏳️🌈 affirming, liberationist, abolitionist Christian ; he/him
When we deny people shelter and basic living, predators will use it as bait.
1 in 5 runaway and homeless youth have experienced trafficking, especially high amongst (but not exclusive to) women.
If you care about human and child trafficking, start caring about homelessness.
1 in 5 runaway and homeless youth have experienced trafficking, especially high amongst (but not exclusive to) women.
If you care about human and child trafficking, start caring about homelessness.
NEW: The girl Matt Gaetz allegedly raped was an unhoused junior in high school, and was trying to save up money for braces. According to reports, he allegedly raped her twice - once on an air hockey table at republican Chris Dorwoth's party. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When we deny people shelter and basic living, predators will use it as bait.
1 in 5 runaway and homeless youth have experienced trafficking, especially high amongst (but not exclusive to) women.
If you care about human and child trafficking, start caring about homelessness.
1 in 5 runaway and homeless youth have experienced trafficking, especially high amongst (but not exclusive to) women.
If you care about human and child trafficking, start caring about homelessness.
Love refuses to criminalize.
These shirts by my friend @izzzzzzyyyyyy.bsky.social say it all. She has a limited first run on her Etsy, so grab one while you can. Homemade on thrifted shirts.
www.etsy.com/shop/izzydra...
These shirts by my friend @izzzzzzyyyyyy.bsky.social say it all. She has a limited first run on her Etsy, so grab one while you can. Homemade on thrifted shirts.
www.etsy.com/shop/izzydra...
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Love refuses to criminalize.
These shirts by my friend @izzzzzzyyyyyy.bsky.social say it all. She has a limited first run on her Etsy, so grab one while you can. Homemade on thrifted shirts.
www.etsy.com/shop/izzydra...
These shirts by my friend @izzzzzzyyyyyy.bsky.social say it all. She has a limited first run on her Etsy, so grab one while you can. Homemade on thrifted shirts.
www.etsy.com/shop/izzydra...
Single Payer could have fixed all of this. Dems’ love of insurance companies allows for this lie to have legs.
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Single Payer could have fixed all of this. Dems’ love of insurance companies allows for this lie to have legs.
I’m in NY today hearing a lot of excitement about Mamdani, but my heart (and my early vote!) is back in Minneapolis where we’re anticipating a new mayor of our own.
Starting packing, Jacob.
Starting packing, Jacob.
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I’m in NY today hearing a lot of excitement about Mamdani, but my heart (and my early vote!) is back in Minneapolis where we’re anticipating a new mayor of our own.
Starting packing, Jacob.
Starting packing, Jacob.
Strand in NYC now has a signed copy of my book, only $10 - GO GET IT NYC!
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Strand in NYC now has a signed copy of my book, only $10 - GO GET IT NYC!
Jesus: Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*
Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Jesus: Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*
Christian Nationalists: *raise their hands in unison*
A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, FRIENDS!
TODAY, we're launching the National Faith Coalition to End Homelessness, and announcing National Homelessness Sunday - May 3rd, 2026.
And I need YOU to be part of this.
Read more here: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/the-culmin...
TODAY, we're launching the National Faith Coalition to End Homelessness, and announcing National Homelessness Sunday - May 3rd, 2026.
And I need YOU to be part of this.
Read more here: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/the-culmin...
The culmination of all my work
Introducing ... National Homelessness Sunday and NFCEH
kevinmnye.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT, FRIENDS!
TODAY, we're launching the National Faith Coalition to End Homelessness, and announcing National Homelessness Sunday - May 3rd, 2026.
And I need YOU to be part of this.
Read more here: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/the-culmin...
TODAY, we're launching the National Faith Coalition to End Homelessness, and announcing National Homelessness Sunday - May 3rd, 2026.
And I need YOU to be part of this.
Read more here: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/the-culmin...
I know I’m late to this, but I just watched KPop Demon Hunters and now I’m…
*checks notes*
…sobbing?
*checks notes*
…sobbing?
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I know I’m late to this, but I just watched KPop Demon Hunters and now I’m…
*checks notes*
…sobbing?
*checks notes*
…sobbing?
I consistently use a candidate's views on homelessness to determine how I will vote in local elections.
Not because homelessness is the only important issue, but because it serves as a litmus test for so much of what matters.
My latest: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/why-im-a-p...
Not because homelessness is the only important issue, but because it serves as a litmus test for so much of what matters.
My latest: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/why-im-a-p...
Why I'm a proud "one-issue voter"
Homelessness is a bellwether
kevinmnye.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I consistently use a candidate's views on homelessness to determine how I will vote in local elections.
Not because homelessness is the only important issue, but because it serves as a litmus test for so much of what matters.
My latest: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/why-im-a-p...
Not because homelessness is the only important issue, but because it serves as a litmus test for so much of what matters.
My latest: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/why-im-a-p...
Part 3 in my ongoing series, "How (Not) to Write about Homelessness."
People don't "fall" into homelessness, they are pushed. Our stories about homelessness should reflect that, and refuse to allow the pushers to remain invisible.
Read more: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
People don't "fall" into homelessness, they are pushed. Our stories about homelessness should reflect that, and refuse to allow the pushers to remain invisible.
Read more: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
How (Not) to Write about Homelessness 3
Rule #3: Who is the *villain* of the story?
kevinmnye.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Part 3 in my ongoing series, "How (Not) to Write about Homelessness."
People don't "fall" into homelessness, they are pushed. Our stories about homelessness should reflect that, and refuse to allow the pushers to remain invisible.
Read more: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
People don't "fall" into homelessness, they are pushed. Our stories about homelessness should reflect that, and refuse to allow the pushers to remain invisible.
Read more: kevinmnye.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
Walgreens pill bottles are like snowflakes, no two are ever exactly alike
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Walgreens pill bottles are like snowflakes, no two are ever exactly alike
can't stop thinking about this verse from Canticle of the Turning, which I only just heard for the first time recently.
September 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
can't stop thinking about this verse from Canticle of the Turning, which I only just heard for the first time recently.
Dedicating my vocation to ending homelessness is not some form of ascetic martyrdom. I'm not sacrificing. I'm not brave.
Unhoused people are awesome, actually. They're wise, funny, spiritual, vulnerable people who make my life better.
If they're not in your life, you're missing out.
Unhoused people are awesome, actually. They're wise, funny, spiritual, vulnerable people who make my life better.
If they're not in your life, you're missing out.
September 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Dedicating my vocation to ending homelessness is not some form of ascetic martyrdom. I'm not sacrificing. I'm not brave.
Unhoused people are awesome, actually. They're wise, funny, spiritual, vulnerable people who make my life better.
If they're not in your life, you're missing out.
Unhoused people are awesome, actually. They're wise, funny, spiritual, vulnerable people who make my life better.
If they're not in your life, you're missing out.
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I don’t talk about it because I don’t really talk about my students, but unhoused people are people I see every day. I’m continuously astonished by the strength and generosity of people who have every reason to give up.
A homeless encampment remains the only place in America that gets bulldozed because a crime happens to them, near them, or within them. Imagine a shooting in your apartment building and the response is to destroy your entire community?
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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'We're shutting this thing down': Minneapolis starts clearing homeless encampment hosted by landlord after 7 shot
That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.
kstp.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I don’t talk about it because I don’t really talk about my students, but unhoused people are people I see every day. I’m continuously astonished by the strength and generosity of people who have every reason to give up.
I'm really proud of this piece I wrote for @sojo.net , which couldn't have released at a more apt time for its subject matter.
"No human is expendable, and wherever society’s castoffs forge community is where the gospel finds its most generative soil."
"No human is expendable, and wherever society’s castoffs forge community is where the gospel finds its most generative soil."
September 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm really proud of this piece I wrote for @sojo.net , which couldn't have released at a more apt time for its subject matter.
"No human is expendable, and wherever society’s castoffs forge community is where the gospel finds its most generative soil."
"No human is expendable, and wherever society’s castoffs forge community is where the gospel finds its most generative soil."
A homeless encampment remains the only place in America that gets bulldozed because a crime happens to them, near them, or within them. Imagine a shooting in your apartment building and the response is to destroy your entire community?
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
'We're shutting this thing down': Minneapolis starts clearing homeless encampment hosted by landlord after 7 shot
That shooting came less than 12 hours after another shooting just two miles away that left five others injured.
kstp.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A homeless encampment remains the only place in America that gets bulldozed because a crime happens to them, near them, or within them. Imagine a shooting in your apartment building and the response is to destroy your entire community?
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
An MSNBC correspondent lost their job for accurately describing Charlie Kirk.
Meanwhile…
Meanwhile…
Involuntary. Lethal. Injection.
For mental illness and homelessness.
Because they're bothering you in the bus.
For mental illness and homelessness.
Because they're bothering you in the bus.
September 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An MSNBC correspondent lost their job for accurately describing Charlie Kirk.
Meanwhile…
Meanwhile…
I don't have time to explain this right now, but the way that this take sucks is *deeply* related to how Klein's ideas in "Abundance" also, deeply, suck.
September 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't have time to explain this right now, but the way that this take sucks is *deeply* related to how Klein's ideas in "Abundance" also, deeply, suck.
What a lovely surprise to see this today!! Thanks to @uwfaith.bsky.social for having me on the list. Let me know if you’d like to have a virtual Q&A with readers, I’d be more than happy!
Some very good books here @uwfaith.bsky.social 2026 reading list. I highly recommend @kevinmnye.bsky.social 's Grace Can Lead Us Home in particular!
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bookshop.org/lists/2026-r...
2026 Reading Program Books
Below you will find most of the 2026 United Women in Faith Reading Program books. Each book purchase you make through United Women in Faith's Bookshop.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What a lovely surprise to see this today!! Thanks to @uwfaith.bsky.social for having me on the list. Let me know if you’d like to have a virtual Q&A with readers, I’d be more than happy!
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Reading a chapter from David A. deSilva for hw tonight, and this paragraph about purity codes and homelessness made me think about you, @kevinmnye.bsky.social ! It's just so succinct and descriptive- wow. ⚓
August 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Reading a chapter from David A. deSilva for hw tonight, and this paragraph about purity codes and homelessness made me think about you, @kevinmnye.bsky.social ! It's just so succinct and descriptive- wow. ⚓
dusting off this old tweet for no particular reason
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
dusting off this old tweet for no particular reason
😭😭😭
Before I log off for the month, I’m going to promote this absolutely phenomenal book. The tone is gentle, yet the topic is tough. I cannot begin to express what a kind and thoughtful and caring voice Kevin creates here. Please get yourself a copy. @kevinmnye.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
😭😭😭
Absolutely begging Democrats to look at other criteria for politicians than “they really *stick it* to Trump!” Because even a shallow dig shows that Newsom has been a nightmare for marginalized people and real progress in California. calmatters.org/housing/home...
Newsom wants cities to force homeless Californians to move camp every 3 days
In his latest push to crack down on encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants cities to make homeless Californians move every three days.
calmatters.org
August 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Absolutely begging Democrats to look at other criteria for politicians than “they really *stick it* to Trump!” Because even a shallow dig shows that Newsom has been a nightmare for marginalized people and real progress in California. calmatters.org/housing/home...
HOPE FOR THE MISSION -- my new book about what it means for Christians to get it *right* in ending homelessness -- is now available for PRE-ORDER!! 😱🥳
Many ways to buy, but this one's most exciting: if you order from my fave local bookstore, it'll come SIGNED!
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Many ways to buy, but this one's most exciting: if you order from my fave local bookstore, it'll come SIGNED!
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Hope for the Mission by Kevin Nye | Moon Palace Books
Getting It Right in the Call to End Homelessness
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August 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
HOPE FOR THE MISSION -- my new book about what it means for Christians to get it *right* in ending homelessness -- is now available for PRE-ORDER!! 😱🥳
Many ways to buy, but this one's most exciting: if you order from my fave local bookstore, it'll come SIGNED!
moonpalacebooks.com/item/adYXOA1...
Many ways to buy, but this one's most exciting: if you order from my fave local bookstore, it'll come SIGNED!
moonpalacebooks.com/item/adYXOA1...
Get. Excited! 👀👀👀👀
Tomorrow, I’m revealing the cover and opening pre-orders for my new book.
Tomorrow, I’m revealing the cover and opening pre-orders for my new book.
August 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Get. Excited! 👀👀👀👀
Tomorrow, I’m revealing the cover and opening pre-orders for my new book.
Tomorrow, I’m revealing the cover and opening pre-orders for my new book.