Chris Hoskins on February 25th, 2009

So, the season of lent is upon us. What will you do to mark this period in the Church year? More importantly, WHY will you do it?
I’ve spoken to quite a few people over the last few weeks who’ve been talking about what they’re giving up for lent. It was very easy to talk to [...]

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Chris Hoskins on February 17th, 2009

Just a short thought at the end of a good, long, hard, challenging day.
I’m not sure where it came from, but I started thinking about the film ‘I, robot’ with Will Smith. He’s a detective who has to piece together an investigation into a mans death at the hands of a robot by following clues [...]

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Chris Hoskins on October 1st, 2008

Wee Iona’s funeral is on Saturday in the morning. It’s just for close family and will take place round her burial plot in Penicuik. Jonnie and Susie came through this morning from Glasgow, we spent the morning with them and Susie&Jonnie’s parents. It was such a hard morning, no-one knew what to say so we [...]

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Chris Hoskins on September 29th, 2008

It’s wierd the things that pop into your head, and when they decide to. For instance, my beautiful niece is in hospital and struggling, I came on to blog more about that, but I just can’t get the words out. It’s so awful(understatement!) whats happening with Iona, Jonnie and Susie. I just can’t see where [...]

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Chris Hoskins on September 19th, 2008

So, I’ve spent the last we while thinking of things I want to blog about. Which of my thouhts do I think others would want to read? I had all sorts of cool topics in mind, what it means to be cool(inspired by Miss Whyte), more on mark yaconelli’s talks at NYA, my week at [...]

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