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    Pastoral Pressures

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 7 January 2021   Pastor, have you been planning your escape route? Read more
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    Concluding Corona Comments

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 22 December 2020   Inevitably, a lot of posts on Think this year have been connected to Covid-19 and it seems certain that 2021, at least at first, will also be dominated by the... Read more
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    This Side of History. Right.

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 15 December 2020   How is it that the statement, “I am a woman trapped in a man’s body,” has become coherent and meaningful? This is the question that opens and frames Carl... Read more
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    A Parable

    Matthew Hosier  |  Fri 27 November 2020   Twenty years ago, on a trip to South Africa, I picked up a copy of Noel Mostert’s ‘Frontiers’. This tells the tragic story of the ‘kaffir wars’ in which first... Read more
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    Sprained or Broken

    Matthew Hosier  |  Wed 25 November 2020   Out for a run in the woods the other day Grace tripped over a root hidden in leaves and fell. Read more
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    Over My Dead Body

    Matthew Hosier  |  Sat 14 November 2020   With everything else that has gone on this year a highly significant change to ownership of our bodies slipped onto the statute books barely noticed. Read more
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    A Pastor’s Lockdown Dilemma

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 5 November 2020   There is growing disquiet about the fact that Christians in England and Wales are once more unable to gather in worship. How should church leaders respond? We’ve seen... Read more
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    You’ve probably already seen this…

    Matthew Hosier  |  Tue 27 October 2020   ....but in case you haven't, just leaving it here. Read more
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    If Only

    Matthew Hosier  |  Thu 22 October 2020   It’s always exciting when a Think author has a book published and I am especially pleased that Jennie’s If Only is about to hit the shelves. Read more
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    Letting Injustice Rip

    Matthew Hosier  |  Wed 14 October 2020   “We may well have a doubling of world poverty by next year. We may well have at least a doubling of child malnutrition.” That is the stark warning from World Health... Read more