Paul & Sue Hazelden
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Introduction
Welcome!
Welcome to our web site. It has been written partly for our friends, and partly for the wider community.
We hope you find the pages on this site interesting and informative - do let us know what you think.
About Sue
On the evening of Wednesday 17 November 2010, Sue tripped over at home and broke her arm at the shoulder. She subsequently had an operation on Friday 26 November, which went well.
We returned to see the surgeon on Thursday 9 December, and discovered that it had not been possible to put all the shattered pieces of bone back together: the top part of her arm bone has been replaced by a titanium implant. Sue is now semi-bionic.
Sue started physiotherapy on Wednesday 22 December: initially, no exercise, just gentle movements of the arm, and very painful; now she has moved on to various exercises.
We were well supplied with meals from a large number of friends, for which we are grateful. The tendons have successfully attached to the implant, the pain slowly continues to decrease, and the range of movement is slowly increasing.
About Paul
We heard from Spurgeon's College on 8 December 2010 that Paul's dissertation has been marked, and passed. Paul is now a MTh in Applied Theology. It has taken a long time to get here, and we are grateful to all those who helped us along the way.
The graduation is on Saturday 25 June, meeting at Spurgeon's College.
What you will find
On this site
For our friends, both new and old, this web site will tell you something about us (in the 'Personal' section), our hobbies, interests, beliefs and activities; and also about the Christian and community work we do (in the 'Ministry' section).
You will also find a number of articles (in the 'Writings' section) which are offered as resources, mostly to the Christian community, although there are some of a more general nature. Please feel free to browse, and tell us what you think - especially if you disagree with or have questions about any of it!
Among the popular general articles are:
And among the popular Christian articles are:
- The Modified Engel Scale (helping people evangelise in a loving and appropriate way)
- What is the Fate of the Wicked? (offering a more Biblical and more reasonable understanding of the nature of Hell)
- The Biblical Basis of Baptism
- Discipleship: Life and Ministry
For new friends to this site, we are sharing a house with Steve, an old friend from university days. The house is in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, in the South West of England. We have been living with Steve since 1999, when we sold our house in Guildford. You can read something of what we have been getting up to on our family news page.
The problem of suffering
My MTh dissertation was about the problem of suffering. I am continuing to research the subject, and would like to hear about their experience of this from as wide a range of people as possible.
If you are interested in this area, or may be willing to help me by sharing something of your own experience, please visit the Problem of Suffering page. Thank you.
The Hazelden Foundation
Just to be absolutely clear:
we are not linked with the 
Hazelden Foundation based in the USA. The fact that we
share the same name, and (like them) we spend a large amount of
time and energy helping addicts is, as far as we can tell, a
complete coincidence.
A Polite Request
I know the chances are pretty remote, but please read what it says on the Warnings page before sending us an email that falls into one of the following categories. Thank you.
About This Site
Background
If you are new to this site, you may find it helpful to have a look at the Web Site page, which contains the following information.
- Highlights of the site.
- Page Layout information.
- Technical background.
Using the Material
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Changes to this Site
The complete set of noted changes are listed here:
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The most recent significant changes to this site are:
16 April 2012: updated the Family News from 26 February.
26 February 2012: updated the Family News from 1 January.
1 January 2012: updated the Family News from 29 November, up to the end of the year
29 November 2011: updated the Family News from 25 August, with some updates to some of the entries before then.
27 November 2011: added a new section, 'What is missing', in the Fate of the Wicked (OT Evidence) page.
11 November 2011: added the Not the Whole Truth page.
6 October 2011: added another two new sections to the Objections to Belief page.
30 September 2011: updated Burning in the New Testament in the Fate of the Wicked (NT Evidence) page.
4 September 2011: added two new sections to the Objections to Belief page.
2 September 2011: updated the Voluntary Sector Essentials page.
1 September 2011: added the The Joy of Secularism? page.
25 August 2011: uploaded several parts to the family news pages. It's been a long time, and I'm sure there are a lot of missing and mis-spelled words, grammatical errors and all the rest. But I think it's best to get it out and fix it later, as putting it all right first is not working well right now.
18 August 2011: added Beware the lone wolf to the the New Scientist articles page.
17 August 2011: added a section about Colour to the Science Questions page. and added The Rich are Different to the Ref articles.
26 July 2011: added a review of Dishonest to God to the Books page.
4 July 2011: updated the Numbers Count page and updated the Aphorisms page.
30 May 2011: updated the Voluntary Sector Essentials page - added another section and some explicit references to relationships.
26 May 2011: added the Voluntary Sector Essentials page.
22 May 2011: added Dishonest to God to the Interesting Books.
12 May 2011: added a poem to the Humour page: A Week in the Life of a Mathematician.
28 April 2011: added Flourish to the Interesting Books.
27 April 2011: added The Happiness Agenda to the New Scientist Article list.
23 April 2011: added some more entries to the Family News from 2 April.
16 April 2011: added a short review of Obliquity.
31 March 2011: added some more entries to the Family News from 26 March.
25 March 2011: added some more entries to the Family News from 23 February.
14 March 2011: two more items on the Humour page: A Software Engineer Goes Shopping, and The Church and the Brothel.
7 March 2011: added some more entries to the Family News from 2 February to the end of our holiday on 23 February; also a short review of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You.
4 March 2011: added the Numbers Count page following a conversation on the subject yesterday.
2 March 2011: added the Quotations page (I actually created this in 2004, but failed to create any links to it).
1 March 2011: added the Interesting Books page.
28 February 2011: a few updates to the Science Questions page, and added a short Science Answers page to go with it.
27 February 2011: added a series of short questions about problems which have not been solved by the science text books I have used: Science Questions and a small update to the Interactive Gospel Index.
10 February 2011: added a short article on Problem Solving.
9 February 2011: added a short piece on Miracles following a conversation at our homegroup.
1 February 2011: added some more entries to the Family News from 16 January to 1 February.
15 January 2011: added some more entries to the Family News from 4 to 15 January.
3 January 2011: added the first few entries in the Family News in 2011. I know that half of 2010 has not been posted up yet...