Why I am quitting my ivory tower to work with the homeless
By 
Lee Marsden2022-07-22T10:36:00
After 26 years of working in academia, it took a worldwide pandemic to cause Lee Marsden to reassess his priorities. Now he’s calling on Christians to invest in ending homelessness
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