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29 Aug 2023
Joel Mercer

For those interested here is a little more detail on some of what I’ve read, listened to and the places I’ve been: Books Read: Darkness is my Only Companion: A Christian response to mental health – Katherine Greene-McCreight The New Asceticism: Sexuality, Gender and the Quest for God – Sarah Coakley 111 Places Along Hadrian’s Wall You Shouldn’t Miss – David Taylor The Plausibility Problem: the church and same-sex attraction – Ed Shaw God and the Gay Christian – Matthew…

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