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)

  • a Christmas pome for you all

    Was the nativity scene actually Christmas card serenity When you arrived kicking and screaming out of eternity? Would you rather have been back inside Mary’s belly? Than in prickly hay – all animal-slobber-smelly? Were your parents concerned about where you were lying? Did you keep the animals awake with your new-born crying… And the cattle get their…

  • Christmas presence

    As Christmas day gallops gleefully towards us I thought it may be time for a more serious reflection than some of the fluffy frivolity of recent days. So here goes… The ten best things of this Christmas so far (in no particular order): Hosting carol services and nativity plays for a local school on our…

  • The morning after the concert the night before

    Last night’s gig (see yesterday’s bloggage) was an enlightening experience. I was (to my immense surprise) not the oldest person in the mosh pit. My ears are not still ringing. And I did laugh out loud. And I am blogging under the influence of sleep deprivation. But the most enlightening thing was seeing how Sally responded once…

  • standing up

    Tonight the lovely Mrs Lear and I are going to a gig. (see picture) It’s a blend of comedy and rock music to support Crisis, but the main reason we are going is the headline act. Sally has been obsessed by Mr Weller since she first heard The Jam in the late 1970s. The first…

  • Christmas has officially started

    Even though I say so myself, last night’s Carols by Candlelight was brilliant! The church was pretty full, the choir sang beautifully, the readers read wonderfully, the technical side of things worked seamlessly, the refreshments afterwards (with Get in The Picture too) were excellent (hall packed) and we all left with a wonderfully warm, Christmassy…

  • a good in-vestment

    I have been to a few school nativities this year, and there is more to come at our church on Sunday. I have noticed something that may actually be helpful financial advice. It is to invest in the companies producing the items that are turned into nativity vestments. In particular, I would advise investing in…

  • top ten tips for Christmas

    In reverse order: 10. Don’t start too early. It’s difficult to maintain the excitement for months on end. If the month doesn’t have a ‘d’ in it, perhaps it’s too soon. 9. Enjoy advent. Advent does not mean ‘chocolate’ (answer given in a recent assembly!!) but is the season of preparation, anticipation and listening. 8.…

  • the toughest challenge

    I am about to embark on one of the most challenging tasks of the whole year… putting all of the finishing touches to our Carols by Candlelight service (Colchester Baptist Church, 6.30 pm, 18th December). It is not technically that difficult. We have already chosen all the carols and the readings more or less choose…

  • Away in a feeding trough

    With the wonders of modern technology I am creating this bloggage while sitting in our church. It’s rather busy here at the moment: we have children and young people from a local school here practicing for their Carol Service here tonight; and I had to tell a story to a group of pre-schoolers (our Bright…

  • out of tune squeaks

    Thank you to those friends who expressed concern about the man-flu outbreak. It is now under control and I don’t think will spread from me to become an epidemic of swine flu proportions. In fact, (hem, hem) it probably was only a cold. And (embarrassed shuffling of feet) it has mostly gone. Don’t get me…