nukelearfishing

Category: busy

  • sweeping changes

    Luke 10:38-42 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.…

  • Busyness

    I would like to apologise to avid bloggists for the intermittent bloggages this week. It’s not due to a lack of reflection, but a lack of time to tell you about it. We should always be looking for glimpses of God. However I will post something later this weekend. In the meantime, remember that poor…

  • beesyness

    Sorry about the lack of bloggage yesterday (a lackage?). The last few days have been the sort of days where I have been able to do all I have set out to do, but each activity has flowed into the next without much breathing space in between. I find I can sustain that level for…

  • busy as a bee

    Why do we say that someone is busy as a bee? Surely it should be buzzy as a bee? Yes I know that these are very active and diligent in collecting pollen, but we don’t say that we are as busy as other insects who are equally active and diligent. And while I’m thinking about…

  • unmission

    I have just finished reading another book for my Sabbatical: The Fourfold Leadership of Jesus by Andrew Watson. The book has a chequered history. Not the publication, the actual copy. It was a gift to me from a group of people I served while working for the Baptist Union of Great Britain, over four years…

  • The boss is watching, look buzzy

    I have spent the morning sitting in the garden, reading a book as part of my sabbatical leave. Having been challenged by the content of the book I paused for a while to reflect. My gaze was drawn to some nearby flowers on which some bees were busy (and buzzy) foraging. I want to share…

  • bizzy

    Today’s bloggage is curtailed due to an excess of work and a shortage of available time. Now that the interpregnum* is over (my colleague, Lynsey, is back from maternity leave) there should theoretically be a higher MPE rating (Ministers Per Event) within the church. However it seems that the work has expanded to fill the…

  • Signs your Minister may need a day off

    Their Outlook Diary reminds them of an appointment and offers them the chance to ‘snooze’. They take the opportunity to close their eyes… They find a post-it note from their spouse on their computer to ask for an appointment to see them. They forget someone’s birthday – their own! You hear them replying through gritted…

  • izzy wizzy let’s not be so bizzy

    There are some rules in life that have been attributed to Murphy or his less savoury cousin – Sod. Toast will land butter side down. Computers will crash when you need them most (and more spectacularly the more important the occasion). Printers use up ink faster when you don’t have a spare cartridge. Spots grow…

  • blank looks

    I use an electronic diary. My life is synchronised between my phone and my computer, so that in theory both of them know what I should be doing. There are disadvantages to electronic diaries compared to paper. Paper does not crash (but it can burn). Paper pages can be easier to turn (but you can’t…