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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now that’s what I call amusing 13
In case you did not know, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, got stuck on a zipwire as he sought to highlight the 2012 Olympics. He was stuck for a while! (I don’t know the origin of this picture. If it’s yours I will happily credit you for it, or if you’d rather I took…
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sneaky shopping
I have been undercover today. I have been a ‘mystery shopper’. I can’t say where or for what, but it was quite a strange experience. I had to pretend that I was interested in a particular purchase and then ask the assistant to help me with it. (On the whole the assistant did well, but…
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the adaptability anachronism
I have had computer problems this week. My computer crashed. This has had a number of knock-on effects… I had been given a new laptop (the ‘old’ one was less than 3 weeks old). I have had to reinstall all my software again. I have had to reload all my files (thankfully I had done…
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the antidote to envy
You might just have noticed that the Olympic Games are taking place in Britain at the moment. (Technically they are the ‘London Games’ but events are taking place all over the country so I am widening the net to be inclusive.) Given how difficult it has been to get tickets for events, it is interesting…
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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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