nukelearfishing

Category: free sample of Jesus

  • oh behave!

    How do you know how to behave in church and as church? You watch what others are doing don’t you. I was in a church a while back (preaching) which had a very different tradition to the one I was used to. There was standing, sitting, kneeling, responding, singing, praying, chanting and incense waving and…

  • new word announcement

    I know that for some of you that title will have you trembling with anticipation. A new word! Especially if you are a logophile (which is a lover of words, not logs and not Microsoft Word). Regular bloggists will know that from time to time the synapses in my brain do something weirder than usual…

  • what is the secret of good comedy?

    Timing. That doesn’t work so well in written form. But say it out loud and blurt out the answer at an unexpected moment and it’s a goodun. As I know some of you will be worried about it I thought I would bring you up to speed with the progress on the parcel delivery for…

  • metaminionosing

    Yesterday I had a shock. When I was washing in the morning I looked at my shoulder and it had turned bright yellow! My wife suggested that perhaps I was turning into a minion from the shoulder outwards. I will test that hypothesis with a banana BANANA! B A N A A A A N…

  • mission made simple

    Churches seem to have the innate ability to make things complicated, don’t we. Putting aside all of the complexities of Church Meetings, Leadership Meetings, ordinations, inductions, church accounts and finances, child protection policies, insurance, choice of music in services, sitting in our favourite seats, charity law, constitutions, and so much more that goes into running a…

  • More puppetry

    A further Elmo related thought… People relate to Elmo the puppet as a real being because of the puppeteer behind  (or beneath) him. There’s an illustration of grace and service here – someone who is willing to work in the background to support someone else. The puppeteer gets no public credit or acknowledgement but is…

  • fingertips

    Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain, but this morning I remembered a football match I was playing in about 17 years ago. It was while I was a professional footballer.* I used to play in goal for one of our church football teams (usually the 3rd 11), and this was often a very busy…

  • Time out

    Dear bloggists.  This week I am taking some time off work and time off blogging. If you experience any withdrawal symptoms please feel free to search the archives for previous bloggages, and if you are looking for Easter related bloggerel you can find some here and the following entries from a couple of years ago.…

  • A blameless shrug

    Yesterday I gave a shameless plug for the Magic Show I am performing with my friend Richard. I was playing around with the phrase ‘shameless plug’, kneading the words like poetic putty, and came up with the almost spooneristic ‘blameless shrug’. And, as it often does, that set me thinking and reflecting. One of Bart…

  • a weekend full of blessings

    What a weekend I have just had. On Saturday I had the joy and privilege of inducting a Minister, on Sunday morning I preached at one of our churches and in the evening I joined in with a gathering of lots of Christians from Baptist churches in Southend. An Induction is a bit like a…