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)

  • grump alert!

    At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, I was a bit peeved this week to get some unsolicited mail from a Christian publishing/resources company. From Facebook correspondence with friends it seems that I’m not the only Baptist minister to do so. I could tell that this was unsolicited and not from a…

  • the little angel

    Following on from yesterday’s bloggage I thought I would share a story with you. It’s the story I told in our Bright Sparks parent and toddler group and is based loosely on fact. The little angel always looked forward to Christmas because it meant she came out of the box and got to hang on…

  • It came upon the blog so clear…

    So that’s it for another year, then. Christmas has been packed away in boxes and confined to cupboards, the garage or the loft… only to be considered in December as we wonder whether we will be able to untangle the lights, why they don’t work when they did when we put them away, and where…

  • ten ways to bless someone in 2012

    Here is another list for you… Ten ways to bless other people this year: Pray for them. Consistently. Invite them around for a meal. Surprise them with a gift you have made for them. Send them an email or text message (or letter!) out of the blue, reminding them of some of their good qualities.…

  • magic moments

    I have finally got around to doing something I have been talking about for a while – trying to organise a magic club for North Essex. I have imaginatively called it ‘Colchester Magic Club’ and it is for anyone interested in performing, learning, sharing and improving magic tricks. The Facebook page is here The response…

  • resolutions that happen to be made at the start of a new year

    Do you ever wonder what other people really think about you? Beneath the superficial greetings and pleasantries, what do they like about you? What do they struggle with? I am not being paranoid or self-obsessed (am I?), but I am in the middle of a process at the moment where I am considering the real me…

  • the future is bright, the future is God’s

    Hello, dear bloggites. I hope and pray that 2012 will bring blessing, comfort, encouragement and peace to you all. It will also probably bring a lot more bloggerel from me – you have been warned! The good old Baptist Union of Great Britain is having a very serious look at itself in the face of…

  • 2011 in review

    The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to…

  • a blessing for you

    As the calendar prepares to tick over to a new year, here’s a blessing for you: May God keep the joys and laughter of the past year with you in the year to come, and may God gently heal the sorrows and hurt of the past year. May God’s peaceful presence fill all the dark…

  • smell you later

    A couple of days ago a chilli con carne was being prepared in our house. Actually technically it was in the kitchen on the stove, not all over the house. All the ingredients were prepared, put into the pan to cook, and left to simmer gently. The family settled down to watch part two of…