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A Tiny House for God

A Post from Pastor Stephen Magee, Exeter Presbyterian Church, Exeter, NH  From the moment I heard about the tiny house movement, I was interested. Tiny houses are not easy to build in most places in the United States because they violate local building codes. For instance, the maximum size for an official tiny house is 400 square feet, which in our town in New Hampshire, is the minimum legal size for a structure intended for a human dwelling place. That would make it virtually impossible to build a tiny house here without going through a special approval process. I have always been interested in small things. The idea of what you could do to make a livable home in 100 square feet sends me off into a quiet place with a ruler, pencil, and postcard, thinking about how it could be done. This is not everyone's reaction to the movement. When I called the building inspector in a neighboring city to see what their rules might be, he was more than officially dismissive. “Have y