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)

  • the heart of the matter

    Sorry about the absence of a bloggage on Friday and over the weekend. On Friday I went to visit a church near Southampton as part of my sabbatical studies, and it was so encouraging. Thank you Gordon and your church for the hospitality and sharing. On Friday evening I stretched out my left arm at…

  • omg

    (omg here stands for Olly Murs Girl) Today I am the father of the most excited teenage girl on the planet. After school today I will be taking her to a book signing. ‘Big fat hairy deal,’ you may be thinking. It doesn’t sound very exciting. But the book signing is by Olly Murs, who…

  • stumpbusting

    Our stumps are being busted today. I wonder what that sentence means to you. Some of you may be thinking it’s medical, dental, mis-typing, ‘yoof-speek’, or just ‘confused’. Others will have jumped to the right conclusion (probably guided by the photo): people are coming with a machine to chomp up the tree stumps in our…

  • are you sitting comfortably?

    Stories are brilliant. As a toddler I used to love the afternoons when my Mum would turn on the radio and we would enjoy ‘Listen with Mother’. A plummy BBC-voiced lady would read a short story for children, but would always begin with: “Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I’ll begin.” One of the things…

  • the failing of fear

    Yesterday evening a Minister friend of mine posted on Facebook about how poor their sermon had been. I felt immediate empathy for them because sermons are quite personal things, and if they are not as good as we would like there is a sense that we have let God down, the church down and ourselves…

  • is God unreasonable?

    Yesterday’s bloggage about difficult questions got me thinking about a question I got asked at a University interview. I was applying to study Law at Bristol University and had somehow been offered an interview. I travelled up on a coach in my new M&S suit without any idea what I was letting myself in for.…

  • interrogatory insights

    What’s the most difficult question you’ve ever been asked? Perhaps it was a question in an examination that stretched your understanding and ability to (or beyond) breaking point. Maybe it was a question that tested your loyalty to someone else, or put you on the horns of a moral dilemma. It could be that it…

  • thanks

    “Thank you.” These two words are seriously under-rated, especially when put together. As well as being the polite response to somebody else’s actions, there is something deeper going on when we use them alongside each other (in that order). ‘Thank you’ is a phrase that offers recognition – we have recognised what somebody else has…

  • love lumps

    I spent a lot of the past few days with a lump in my throat. It has been quite emotional. Watching my Dad get ordained in the Church of England was very moving – not really because of the service but because of what it represented. I know that he has felt called to be…

  • famlee noos

    Today’s bloggage is entirely self-indulgent (aren’t they all?). I have travelled down to Torquay to be at my Dad’s Ordination tomorrow and will travel back to join the family on Sunday before driving to Oxford on Monday to take our first offspring to Uni. Big moments for them and for me! That’s why the bloggerel…