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Regular podcasters Lee Gatiss and Ros Clarke are joined by Aled Seago in this episode to discuss the latest announcements about General Synod and Living in Love and Faith, strategies for managing mental health and wellbeing in lockdown, and whether Church of England dioceses should be furloughing curates.

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Mentioned in this episode:
Announcement re. General Synod plans: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2020-05/Announcement%20from%20the%20Officers%20of%20Synod%202020%20FINAL%20-%20TO%20BE%20CIRCULATED_0.pdf (pdf download).
Announcement re. Living and Love and Faith: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/living-love-and-faith-update-light-covid-19-pandemic
CEEC General Synod website: https://www.ceecgs2020.co.uk/
Ros's blog posts on mental health and wellbeing: http://rosclarke.co.uk/mental-health-and-ill-health/ and http://rosclarke.co.uk/further-thoughts-on-mental-wellbeing

Emma Scrivener on the gospel hope for mental health: http://churchsociety.org/blog/entry/gospel_hope_for_mental_health
Government guidance on the furlough scheme: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme
Edward Connor Solicitors' advice on volunteering as a furloughed worker: https://www.edwardconnor.com/2020/04/28/can-a-furloughed-employee-volunteer/
Aled's Daily Dose of Joy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSp0E8obzCMHSAB4i0AOLsQ
Zack Eswine: Spurgeon's Sorrows: https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/18488/spurgeons-sorrows
Garry Williams: His Love Endures Forever: https://www.crossway.org/books/his-love-endures-forever-tpb/
Sally Lloyd Jones: "Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing," https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/14412/thoughts-to-make-your-heart"
John Lennox: Where is God in a Coronavirus World?: https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/26477/where-is-god-in-a
Healthy Faith in the Coronavirus Crisis: https://ivpbooks.com/healthy-faith-and-the-coronavirus-crisis-epub
Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hebrew-Bible-Translation-Commentary/dp/0393292495
Dane Ortlund: Gentle and Lowly:https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/25689/gentle-and-lowly

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