He studied theology at Durham University and King's College London and is the author of 'People Not Pronouns' (Grove Books) and 'Finding Your Best Identity' (IVP). So you can tell whoever you like – go right to the top of the management chain if you want - but you’ll never prove that I was defrauding or swindling the firm.

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She attempted some more conventional methods of self-bondage, methods that she was well accustomed to from years of practice, but all fell short of recreating the sensations she’d experienced earlier that evening. Because despite her initial shock – and indeed genuine fear – when Jenny had reinserted her gag, then seemingly multiplied her woes with the addition of the skull-hugging, visually and aurally depriving hood, Amy soon came to appreciate that this state of increased vulnerability was actually, far from being abhorrent, an experience to be relished. After a couple of minutes of idle chat, Sally took a deep breath and asked the all important question.

She had deliberately bought the smallest size of straitjacket that the manufacturer produced, simply to ensure the snuggest fit possible. Having scrutinised the straps, and satisfied herself that they had all been stitched securely in place and couldn’t be removed by brute force, Amy turned her attention to the front of her new outfit. But these solitary sessions had always proved somewhat unsatisfactory, due to the necessity of being able to escape from any situation she put herself in.

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In the end, she chose the latter, for no other reason than that the straitjacket was uppermost in her mind, and she was eager to wrap herself within its folds. And it was also only a short distance away from the venue which Amy had chosen as the location for her incarceration; for didn’t captivity deserve a fittingly isolated and dramatic setting for it to truly create the desired atmosphere and ambience? In fact, although she possessed a vinyl copy of the LP in her collection, the record itself rarely saw the light of day. But much as Sally craved one of these, she knew that, for the party, she needed a more conventional off-white canvas number.As the salvaged object suddenly appeared before her eyes, Amy shrieked and did her best to relocate her encased body and useless limbs away from the spot on which she sat, as the implications of what was about to transpire hit her. But we should actually approach it as an opportunity to learn about real-life experiences, to allow God to shape our hearts to reflect his, and to motivate us into being part of the answer to a serious problem.

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But perhaps - just maybe - here at last was an opportunity to get her deepest desires out into the open. But with the fancy dress party only a week or so away, she knew that she didn’t have too long to wait.Wouldn’t it be amazing if Christians and churches became known as those to whom LGBT people could turn to find freedom and healing?