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)

  • 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…

  • a fun bloggage

    My bloggerel seems to be influenced by breakfast cereal at the moment. This morning as I was munching on my non-brand wheat-based biscuits I glanced at a box of crispy rice cereal that was left on the table. On the front was an advert for a ‘fun colour me in activity’ on the back of…

  • the real thing?

    In an effort to start the day with a healthy and filling breakfast I have been eating wheat-based, biscuit-shaped cereal. Not the branded ones that have a name that blends the content with the shape, but supermarket own-brand ones. And I can tell the difference. These fall apart rather easily, are not as densely packed…

  • what a star

    One of the joys of being on sabbatical leave is that I can visit other churches. I have been spreading myself around: making impromptu visits to local churches. Last Sunday I went to another church and had a lovely time. I did, however, have to suppress an attack of the giggles. The lady who was…

  • intermittence

    Last week a second-hand game arrived for my son’s X-Box360. It did not seem to work. I tried running it on many occasions and only twice did it actually work. That was very frustrating. I think it would have been easier to accept if it had not worked at all, but for it to work…

  • lol, hmmm

    Following yesterday’s heavy bloggage, today there is some levity… I have just acquired a book by Milton Jones: “10 second sermons.” Don’t get too excited if you are part of the church where I minister, I am not planning to emulate him. But I thought it would be worth sharing some of them with you.…

  • Why did they do it?

    The reaction to the film ‘The Innocence of Muslims’ has been astonishing. It has been astonishing in its ferocity and in the violence and deaths that have been caused by those who have been offended. It has been astonishing because it is an obscure film that is apparently poorly made and has been dubbed after…