nukelearfishing

nukelearfishing – the random and occasionally humorous musings of a Baptist Minister who is trying to be a free sample of Jesus and discover God in the ordinary.

(These musings don’t necessarily represent the views of the church I serve)

  • mystifying

    In our morning services at the church I serve we are following a series exploring different aspects of prayer. Soon we will be looking at why we find it difficult to pray, and what is going on when our prayers don’t seem to be answered. That’s not what this bloggage is about, so don’t be…

  • Listing?

    The current church I serve is Listed. Thankfully it’s not listing like the aptly-named leaning tower of Pisa. It means that it is on a list of historically and architecturally significant buildings and has to be preserved in historically accurate condition. As you can imagine that carries a significant financial cost because major repairs have…

  • giving it a try

    We’re about to start a new Sunday evening gathering at our church. The idea is that it will be a bit more service-like than another evening gathering that we already participate in, yet also be a bit unconventional. The idea we have is that each month will have a theme that runs through the month,…

  • when it doesn’t make sense

    I reckon we’re hardwired to want to understand what’s going on around us. I guess evolutionary biologists might talk about it being a survival instinct that allowed our forebears to anticipate threats, to respond appropriately to what’s happening and consciously to interact with their environment and those around them in a way that is logical,…

  • rebloggaged

    At the moment in our church on Sunday mornings we’re exploring prayer as a theme, and I am reminded that a much lamented form of praying is, erm, lament. I have recycled (or rebloggaged) an older post: if you click here it will take you to a bloggage I wrote a while back where I…

  • Marriage is like a pair of socks

    This weekend I am conducting a wedding and will be giving a talk as part of it. I have promised the couple that it will be a short talk – just the three hours rather than the usual five! In the expectation that they won’t be reading this I thought I would share it with…

  • doing justice to the darkness

    When I was training to be a Baptist Minister all of us had to endure being the victim in ‘Sermon Class’ once in our training. The idea was that a student (usually a 3rd year) would lead a service and preach a sermon in front of the college faculty and students. As if that wasn’t…

  • will accept cookies

    On Wednesday this week I spent the day at a Magic Convention. It was great! There were lectures from top magicians who spoke about their thought processes in developing performances and illusions, and demonstrated some of their illusions that they’re willing for us to adopt and adapt ourselves. There were some dealers (makes it sound…

  • change?

    Most Mondays will find me sat in my study at home, working on the sermon and service for the coming Sunday. This is something I have started doing since I came to serve Mutley Baptist Church, here in Plymouth (the original Plymouth in the UK). In previous churches and roles I used to prepare on…

  • travel

    For some reason recently several different people have said things to me about travel – the sort of thing that could easily be a meme. If they hadn’t said them in person I would have assumed that my phone had been listening to me or checking out my social media scrolling and the algorithm was…