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)

  • taking a bath

    Today I am taking Mr Tall (aka Thomas) to Bath University for him to look around and for them to have a look at him. We have arrived VERY early – thanks to the M25 not being as busy as it can be, an early start, and the service station where we stopped for breakfast…

  • Is this a ‘bah humbug’ moment for me?

    The alert among you may have noticed the absence of any bloggerel from me yesterday. It was not intentional but simply a lack of time and space in which to reflect, write and post something. I hope that you, dearest bloggist, will forgive me. All this week people are doing bizarre and silly things to…

  • Signs your Minister may need a day off

    Their Outlook Diary reminds them of an appointment and offers them the chance to ‘snooze’. They take the opportunity to close their eyes… They find a post-it note from their spouse on their computer to ask for an appointment to see them. They forget someone’s birthday – their own! You hear them replying through gritted…

  • double-talk

    I must be in touch with my feminine side. I am multitasking. Not only that, but I am multitasking by preparing two sermons simultaneously. Many alarm bells are sounding in my head about why this is not a good idea, but I can’t help it. Thoughts relating to both of Sunday’s sermons have been surfacing…

  • God’s megaphone

    This morning I have been considering some aspects of listening to God, in preparation for Sunday morning at CBC. One of the passages I have considered, and will probably mention on Sunday, is that of Samuel’s call. The narrative is lovely – of a naive young boy who hears God speaking in the night but…

  • ridiculously short bloggage

    In between many different activities today there is time for a momentary bloggage: Delusions of grandeur – how big do they have to be to qualify? Bless you!

  • simplicity

    A local school is using our church premises for their Carols Services and Nativity plays. This morning I was showing our premises to a couple of members of staff from the school and trying to sort out some of the details. As we looked at the church I tried to see things through the eyes…

  • patiently impatient

    Dear Bloggists Today’s apparent silence has been because someone had broken the internet. Or at least the part of it to which we are supposedly connected. This is becoming a frustratingly frequent occurrence. I am impatient for them to fix it. Isn’t amazing how quickly we assimilate technology and start to rely on it? It…

  • Swiss Army Ministers

    I am still processing a lot of the ideas, information and inspiration that I received from the conference this week. (Did you notice the alliteration? I am a Baptist minister who trained at Spurgeon’s College!). [brings thought process back to the matter in hand] Ahem. When I trained at Spurgeon’s College (note joined up link) I was…

  • you know it’s time to go home when…

    It’s the last morning of the conference, which has been brilliant. But how do you know it’s time to go home? Not simply that you have run out of conference, have been chucked out of your room and they have called in the police in case you decide to protest in their grounds, but how do…