Harm Reduction and Radical Love with Josh Lawson

<p>In This episode we chat with Josh Lawson.</p> <p>Josh Lawson lives with his family in Wheelersburg Ohio, where he serves his community in a variety of roles as recovery program coordinator for the Shawnee State University Kricker Innovation Hub. He works to connect people in recovery with entrepreneurial skills and services that will help them succeed in life. He also chairs the faith-based sub community of Scioto Connect the counties local opioid consortium where he consults with faith communities on how to support people who use drugs and those in recovery. As an author he recently published his first book The Face of Addiction which tells the story of 12 people in Southern Ohio who have been impacted by the opioid overdose crisis. In his follow up book Drugs and Jesus which is set to release in 2022 will be the first of its kind to present a call to action for people of faith to engage in the work of harm reduction.</p> <p>You can connect with Josh Lawson on:</p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/lawsonJ23'>Facebook</a>     <a href='https://twitter.com/Joshua__Lawson'>Twitter</a>     <a href='https://www.instagram.com/joshua__lawson/'>Instagram</a></p> <p>You can purchase Josh's book at <a href='https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B098R3HYSQ?_encoding=UTF8&node=283155&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader'>Amazon.com</a></p> <p>You can connect with us on    <a href='https://www.facebook.com/groups/thisisnotchurch'>Facebook</a>     <a href='https://www.instagram.com/this_is_not_church/'>Instagram </a>     <a href='https://twitter.com/ThisIsNotChurc1'>Twitter</a></p> <p>Want to help us with our future episodes of This Is Not Church Podcast? Join us on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/thisisnotchurch'>Patreon</a> where you will get access to exclusive patron content such as early access to episode, videos of upcoming episodes, and live Q&A sessions.</p> <p>Also check out our <a href='http://www.thisisnotchurch.c