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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insurance
I had a leaflet arrive along with an order that I received yesterday. It was for ‘Specialist Golf Insurance’. For just £29.99 per year my golf could be insured. I was intrigued by the concept of ‘Specialist Golf Insurance’ so did not bin the leaflet immediately. I wanted to see what would be covered… There…
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Bless a bureaucrat day – the sequel
A couple of years ago I declared the inaugural ‘Bless a Bureaucrat Day’ in support of the many people whose jobs are behind the scenes and who often go unnoticed (unless they have to make an unpopular decision) and unthanked. Following an amazing meeting with some of the senior people at our local Council on…
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LICOR?
It seems that some British banks have been a bit naughty. They have been artificially fixing the rate of interest at which they lent money to each other. I don’t pretend to understand all the ins and outs (or ups and downs) of the LIBOR (London InterBank Offered Rate), or exactly what some rascals at…
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iceberg ministry
When I was little I decided that I wanted to be a Baptist Minister. It was a naive wish. It was based on a WYSIWYG assumption – that what you see is what you get as far as Ministers go, and all they do is prepare sermons and services. That sounded like a good life.…
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What is real?
Stew The Rabbit and I are off to take a school assembly soon. I hope he is ready for this. I have told him what it is I want him to say and do, but he has a mind of his own and sometimes ad libs in ways I am not expecting. There have been…
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now that’s what I call amusing 11
I suspect that honking your horn won’t make the elephant move – he’ll join in the trumpeting! (animalcapshunz from icanhascheeseburger.com)
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Not for turning?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been vilified for U-turns recently. He announced a range of tax changes in the Budget and has changed a number of those plans since then. Different groups and newspapers who have run campaigns against the proposed changes have claimed victories and credit for forcing the Chancellor to change his…
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God’s trophy cabinet
I put my size eleven feet in it recently. I forgot to do something I said I would do and as a result some people were upset. What would you do in those circumstances? Shrug, accept that we are all fallible and carry on… Worry about it and make yourself upset… Write a note of…
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travelling companions
This weekend has been provocative, inspiring, encouraging and challenging at different times. Ideas and possibilities of whirring through my mind and I am trying to assimilate them all. I am trying to work out what God not concerned to me and to our church through all of these different thoughts and ideas. One of the…
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you say ‘tomato’ I say ‘tomato’
A number of years ago I was in America as part of a committee that was planning a Baptist World Youth Conference. Our host kindly took a group of us out for brunch after church on the Sunday (how civilised!) and I was amazed at what was on offer at the buffets (hot, cold, cereal),…
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