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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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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recapturing an attitude of gratitude
We live in a world that is moving at breakneck speed. I don’t just mean the speed with which we are hurtling in our orbit around the sun, or the speed at which our planet is spinning. The pace of life itself seems to be accelerating, enabled by advances in technology, innovations in organisational techniques,…
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creative tension
Yesterday I was in a meeting with some incredibly creative and talented people gathered at Baptist House… writers, artists, designers, innovators, bloggers, photographers, film-makers, journalists, presenters, programmers and much more beyond. We had each been asked to share briefly something creative that introduced us to the group. When I first got that email I thought…
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now that’s what I call amusing 10
There are geniuses working for FedEx as mechanics From 5pwn.com
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Pressure points
I feel like there’s a lot of pressure on me as I write this. It’s my 600th bloggage! I can’t believe that I have splurged forth that amount of bloggerel – if you assume a conservative average of 200 words per bloggage that’s about 120000 words of mine that are now floating around the www.…
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good customer service(s)
Yesterday evening as I was driving our car gently down Colchester High Street towards church we heard a loud ‘thump’ from the rear of the car. It sounded like I had driven over something, but there was nothing in the mirrors. As I drove on there was a knocking sound from the back of the…
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now that’s what I call amusing 9
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