Hey friend, welcome to Java with Julie hosted by me Julie's Slattery.

This podcast is a listener supported outreach of authentic intimacy, ministry dedicated to

helping you make sense of God and sexuality.

Well today I'm returning to a conversation I had several years ago with Lawrence Coo, who will be speaking

at next month's Reclaim Conference. Lawrence has been serving with the navigators

for over 20 years. After leading the training and development for young

missionaries, he is now the director of I Edge, which is a program that sends out teams of young adults

into the nations to do cross-cultural discipleship. Lawrence is an international

speaker and consultant on the topic of sexuality and lives in Colorado Springs.

And in this conversation, Lawrence shares pretty openly about how he first recognized his curiosity

and attraction to men, how he found freedom and what freedom has actually looked

like for him.

As you know, our upcoming Reclaim conference is all about surrendered sexuality, and Lawrence can speak on this topic both from his own experience

and from the viewpoint of an expert. This is a great episode to start us off so grab your Java

and listen into my conversation with Lawrence Coo.

Lawrence, welcome to Java with Julie.

Thank you.

Yeah, I've been wanting to have you on this podcast for a while and for those of you who were at our

reclaimed conference you'll remember Lawrence. Lawrence you were just an outstanding speaker at the conference. We got more feedback

based on what you shared than anybody. I appreciate that. Your perspective on

things is very unique in speaking into just the day and age where we live on these topics of

sexuality.

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