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    A Book You Might Not Have Expected

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 29 September 2015   Yesterday Andrew posted a chapter from his and Rachel’s new book, ‘The Life You Never Expected’. It is all very well Andrew promoting his own material, but I... Read more
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    Always Banging on About Sex

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 25 September 2015   Two posts that have caught my eye today. Read more
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    Old Buildings, New Life

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 22 September 2015   Three years ago I posted about the way in which my thinking on church buildings was shifting. From a utilitarian ‘new church’ approach of favouring warehouses to... Read more
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    In Praise of Parliament

    Matthew Hosier  |  Sat 12 September 2015   Very often the politics and Parliament of the United Kingdom are derided as facile, ineffective and out of touch. Politicians as a body fail to command much respect and... Read more
  • From 9/11 to 4,000,000 Displaced Syrians image

    From 9/11 to 4,000,000 Displaced Syrians

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 11 September 2015   Fourteen years ago today our church administrative assistant told me that a plane had just flown into the World Trade Center in New York. My initial response was to be... Read more
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    Tomorrow in Parliament

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 10 September 2015   Tomorrow the House of Commons will debate the Assisted Dying Bill. This is an important moment, and if you are a UK citizen and have not yet contacted your MP on the... Read more
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    Honouring the Speaker

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 8 September 2015   A few days ago Andrew tweeted the following: Read more
  • Refugees, Migrants, and the New Covenant image

    Refugees, Migrants, and the New Covenant

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 4 September 2015   What to do about the migrant crisis? Read more
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    Still an issue…

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 3 September 2015   Following Andrew's entertaining list of paedo/credo-baptisimal thoughts yesterday, the ninth Planned Parenthood video dropped into my home page. The juxtaposition of... Read more
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    Total Depravity and the Glory of Flight

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 27 August 2015   Last weekend three-quarters of a million people visited my town for the Bournemouth Air Festival. Air festivals are popular, though last weekend was overshadowed by the... Read more