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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flash crash
Thunder: God’s way of telling you that you should have brought the washing in a bit earlier. Lightning: God’s way of warning you that he’s about to send you a message that you should have brought the washing in a bit earlier. Thunderbolts and lightning: God’s way of telling you to get ready to start…
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witnessing
This morning I gladly witnessed some signatures for some friends in our church. It’s something I do on a regular basis. I was chatting with my friends as I signed to verify their signatures and recalled that I have verified peoples’ identity for their passport applications, countersigned visa and residency applications, signed wedding certificates, witnessed wills,…
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tumbling
Isn’t it amazing what skills you pick up? I feel like I am now a fully qualified tumble dryer repair man following my exploits at the weekend. The door catch on our tumble dryer had broken and as it was out of the warranty period for a free repair we had ordered all the components…
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If I could turn back time…
This morning on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show (yes, I am a Radio 2 listener now) they were attempting to give away some tickets to a concert tonight. People had texted in the day before and they called one person back to offer them the tickets on the basis that they would be prepared to…
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loopholes?
What do you do when there are no rules? What happens when new and as yet envisaged circumstances arise for which no rules have been written? To an extent that seems to be what is happening with social media and how it is being used in our society. we are having to work out the…
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who are you going to call?
In the last couple of days I have had 2 experiences of things needing fixing. I bought a new car radio for Sally’s car as a birthday present. I was fairly confident of my ability to fit the new radio and managed to get it seated properly and connected properly with only a small quantity…
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om nom nom nom nom
There are many things that populate the surface of my desk. There are post-it notes with telephone messages, pieces of paper with ideas and spider-grams and scrawlings. There are letters awaiting reply. There are various bits of stationery and equipment. And there are many books. First and foremost is my bible: without which I would…
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fence sitting is uncomfortable
I’ve been working on Sunday evening’s sermon, which will be on the second-half of Acts chapter 5. This is the occasion when the apostles were hauled in front of the religious authorities and so infuriated them with their teaching about Jesus that a majority of people there want to put them to death. However a…
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benefit
There has been a lot of talk recently about Benefits and the ‘reforms’ that are coming into place. Thousands of people are being adversely affected and most of them are vulnerable. The current challenge to Iain Duncan-Smith to live on £53 per week (the new low) is at least amusing, and in reality sobering. If…
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