{"id":107915,"date":"2021-12-17T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=107915"},"modified":"2021-12-18T07:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T12:50:01","slug":"burnleys-pastor-mick-if-i-lock-this-door-he-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=107915","title":{"rendered":"(BBC) Burnley’s Pastor Mick: \u2018If I lock this door, he dies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Joanne doesn’t blame the mental health team, she believes Robert could have been saved with early help. “I think he’d have been all right – he’d have still been here.”<\/p>\n

More than a year on, Joanne is still haunted by death. Each word brings back painful memories, but she wants to share how she is feeling. “I can see the flashbacks. I can see him every day in my head – when I get up, when I go to sleep.”<\/p>\n

She says one day everything just became too much for her. “I rang Pastor Mick and he told me to come down. He’s been great.”<\/p>\n

Church on the Street has been Joanne’s salvation. She says it’s a place where she and her family feel safe – and she’s not the only one. Hundreds of others come here each week looking for hope.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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"This place is breathing new life, it's helping people. The people who don't make it through the door die"<\/p>\n

The former drug dealer offering a lifeline to those in need https:\/\/t.co\/Mv5TLbI0OI<\/a><\/p>\n

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n