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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amaaaazing!
Sunday morning promises to be amazing. Five people will be witnessing to their faith in Jesus Christ in Believer’s Baptism. I LOVE baptising people: it is one of the privileges and highlights of being a Minister (there are a lot!). It’s not so much the physical act of baptising someone, although the child in me…
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under review
“What are people saying about me?” Have you ever wondered what the answers to that question might be? There are times when we might want to know the answers, and others when we would rather live in blissful ignorance. The answers may change at different times. Sometimes the answers may be positive, encouraging, exciting. On…
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Spot the flame
The Olympic Torch Relay came squelching through Colchester on Friday. I took a photo and, if you look carefully, you can see the flame… but can you spot it? No prizes, it’s just for fun to demonstrate my wonderful photographic skills. Actually, bearing in mind there’s a delay on digital cameras and that the torch…
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Cosmetic Splurgery
Last weekend Sally (my lovely wife) and I had a weekend off. We went away (leaving the children at home alone for the first time (ages 17 and 15 in case you were about to call the authorities)) and stayed at a hotel. It was a lovely, relaxing, special, re-creational time for us as a…
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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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