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)
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Post the first from the conference (see yesterday)
So, the conference has begun. I am not sure what the collective noun for Baptist Ministers would be: A splash? A hubbub? An ostentatious humility? A dissent? Whatever it is, we have got one. The collective noun for ‘Christians’ is ‘church’. We are church when we are together. At this conference we are a temporary…
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bloggage forecast
For the first three days of this week I will be attending the Eastern Baptist Association’s Ministers’ Conference. I always find it a blessing when I attend these conferences – sometimes as much for the conversations between sessions as for the sessions themselves. This time we have some people I am very much looking forward to hearing…
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let them eat cake
I noticed that yesterday’s bloggage was number 750. Wow, doesn’t bloggerel fly when you’re having fun? I suspect that this landmark deserves celebrating so please feel free to go and buy yourself a cake in honour of the 750th bloggage. Assuming an average bloggage contains 500 words, that means that I have released 375,000 words…
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all by myself?
My wife and daughter have abandoned me. Temporarily. They are staying with her Mum for a few days during the half term holiday. I know it’s silly and irrational but the house feels very different when they are away. Even during the daytime, when Sally and Hannah are at work and school respectively and I’m,…
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feelings…
On Sunday evening at our church we will be having another of our Film Nights. They are relaxed occasions when we gather together and watch a film, with an invitation to reflect on some of the deeper meaning of the film and what it means for our lives. This Sunday we will be watching The Bucket…
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cliché time once again
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: change is inevitable… except from a vending machine. I know that’s not very original, but it still makes me chuckle. None of us like change, but it is a fact of life: we are all getting older and that brings about change (male pattern baldness for…
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[clears throat]
Ladies and Gentlemen, bloggists and twitterers, I have an important announcement. [cue fanfare. You will have to do your own as I am too much of a cheapskate to have audio files added to this blog]. Today is another day. I know. Profound isn’t it? Actually, today is the 46th anniversary of the day I…
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borrowers?
We have Borrowers in our house. Or, to be more precise, Borrowers are targeting my study. In case you don’t know, Borrowers are tiny little people who live an almost parasitic life in our houses, ‘borrowing’ items that they find and adapting them for their own life. Several films and TV series have been made…
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last minute decision
Today I have had an epiphany. It’s difficult isn’t it. When one section of society celebrates it can unintentionally alienate another. So English people might celebrate a win at rugby or football or cricket and non-England supporters can feel left out. Sport-lovers celebrated the Olympics and Paralympics last year and those who don’t like sport…
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Freshly found fragments from Genesis 6
“Ahem” “Eh? What? Who’s that?!” “Ahem, it’s God.” “Oh. Hello.” “I’d like you to do something for me.” “Of course. Anything. You name it, I’ll do it.” “Wonderful. I would like you to build me a boat.” “A boat? You want to go sailing?” “No. A big boat.” “A big boat. Here, in the desert?”…
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