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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angelic visits
In our evening services at our church we have been working our way through the book of Daniel, in the Old Testament. On Sunday evening I had the joy of looking at chapter 10, which includes an astonishing encounter Daniel had with an angel. It is quite easy to get carried away with talk of angels…
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Apologies
Sorry to anyone who has come here today in search of fresh bloggerel. A combination of busy-ness, a lousy headache and tiredness left me bereft of inspiration. So, here’s a joke instead. A Baptist Minister realized that his church had never received a donation from the church’s wealthiest member. He went to see him… “Our…
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All the Bells
Colchester Baptist Church took part in a little (tuneful) way in the nationwide ‘All The Bells’ initiative this morning. Here’s a quick clip of our most melodious moment, you can find it on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj1eZqy7Fao
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migration
I am in the process of transferring my life from a slow computer to a whizzy one. I would like to think that it would be relatively simple and painless. Of course anyone familiar with computers will know that ‘simple’ and ‘painless’ are not words usually associated with them. I may have resembled this man…
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flagging
What a mistake to make! Putting the South Korean Flag on the screen next to the pictures of the North Korean Women’s Football Team at the Olympics. The press have made a big deal of it. The BBC news had it as their headline this morning, reporting on how offended the North Koreans were. There…
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are you wearing that for a bet?
Today is expected to be the hottest day of the summer so far in the UK. That’s not saying much for this summer, ‘dry’ is good, but it has prompted me to get one of my summer shirts out of the wardrobe. As you can see, it’s the sort of shirt that will attract both…
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the parable of the lost pen
There was a man who had a favourite pen. It was not an expensive pen, but it wrote nicely and he had bought some refills for it so he could continue to use it for a long time as well as being more environmentally friendly. One day, when he was looking to write something with…
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speedy service
Today many people across the UK who were not previously ‘into’ cycling are celebrating Bradley Wiggins’ achievement in winning the Tour de France cycle race. To me, the idea of completing one stage is amazing, but to complete the whole Tour and win it is an astonishing achievement. He rightly deserves all the plaudits that…
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i can’t believe it’s not clutter
Sometimes I don’t know what bloggerel I will write until I sit down and start typing. Sometimes I don’t know until after I have started typing. Sometimes you don’t know even when I have finished! Today I was sitting at my desk, looking for inspiration, when I realised just how untidy my desk has become.…
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tick tick tick
No, the blog title doesn’t refer to how my teachers used to mark my work at school. Today is a significant landmark in our family. It is the final formal moment in our son’s Secondary education. Other than collecting his A Level results next month he won’t be going back. Today is Speech Day, and…
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