nukelearfishing

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)

  • the parable of the PC

    There are all sorts of variables when it comes to choosing computers. Yes, for apple-ites I am talking about PCs. You have to consider the processing chip speed, how many cores in the processor, the amount of RAM, whether it is 32 or 64 bit, graphics cards, screen resolution, and so on. All of those…

  • provocative powerlessness

    Several different strands have come together in the thinking space in my brain this morning. There’s the Kony 2012 campaign, Baptist Union Council and Paul Daniels’ show last night in Colchester. I am sure you have already seen the link, but in case you haven’t perhaps I had better be more specific. The link between…

  • disappointing desserts don’t discourage

    So far today I have had two ideas for bloggerel to unleash on the unsuspecting world and have discarded them both after having started writing. They seemed like good ideas at the time, but as they evolved and appeared on the screen they did not look anything like as good as I had imagined. It’s…

  • simply counting

    Travelling back from Bluewater in the car yesterday evening (see Friday’s bloggage for details) I had time to reflect a bit on the day. The morning service at our church blessed me immensely. It was not the singing or the sermon or the prayers or actually anything that happened in the service, it was the…

  • what next after cafe church?

    This Sunday I am going to be taking part in Cafechurch at Costa Coffee in Bluewater shopping centre. I am not telling you this by way of an advert or because of any particular sense of pride at having been asked to take part. I am mentioning it because it is an example of how…

  • statistically speaking

    I freely admit that I am a little bit obsessed by the stat counter on my blog. I noticed a couple of days ago that it ticked over 10000 (thank you if it was you who made it tick over). I love it when my blog gets mentioned by other blogs and I get 100s…

  • the pen is not mightier than the word

    Yesterday I had a letter arrived at the church that was personally addressed to me. At least it will be if I ever change my first name to begin with the letter ‘R’. Still, all the rest of the details were correct so I opened the envelope. Inside was a lovely pen with our church…

  • recycling sermons

    Unless or until I ever get my hands on a Tablet PC I will continue to print out my sermons on paper each week. And after each Sunday I empty the ring binder I use, putting the sermons into my paper recycling bin. (That’s what the heading refers to, I’m not talking about reusing old…

  • fireworks

    Modern technology is like a fireworks display. A new gadget is launched and technophiles like me go, “Ooooh!” An updated version of an existing gizmo or piece of software is released: “Aaaaah!” Something completely innovative comes on the scene: “Wow!” And the release of each new electronic firework seems to be relentless. I find myself…

  • appreciate me now and avoid the rush

    We have recently had some unexpected deaths in the music industry. Tragically Whitney Houston and Davy Jones have both died prematurely. Understandably their music has received significant airplay on the radio following their deaths by way of tribute to them. What I am still trying to get my head around is that (and this seems…