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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chaplains are not charlies
I have just read a great article in The Times (on Saturday 1 October) about army chaplains. (I’d like to be able to point you to it online, but The Times is subscription only.) It is based around an interview with the Chaplain General (top chaplain), Rev Jonathan Woodhouse, who happens to be the first…
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pity my simplicity
This morning I shall mostly be preparing an all age service for Sunday morning. It is on the theme of prayer and today I am seeking to put some flesh on the bones of the planning session I had yesterday with my colleague, Susan. I am reminded of the prayer I used to pray every…
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open minds
It’s later in the day than I had planned to post this, but I hope you won’t mind. Actually this bloggerel is all about minding. Or at least the opening of minds. Prompted by a friend’s request (see yesterday) I looked in my Bible on Sunday to suggest some passages for him to read. One…
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switching off
Technically today is a day off. But that does not stop me trying to be a good free sample of Jesus, nor does it stop me caring about the people I am pastoring. It’s difficult to switch off. Today I have watched Dr Who from last Saturday. OOOH, that was good! I tried watching some…
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seamless links?
If you didn’t know better you would think that this blog is planned. (It’s not – at least not by me). This morning I want to draw together some of the threads of the past few days. Early this morning (see ‘unwelcome epiphanies‘) I woke up with a thought running around in my head that…
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and the winner is…
This morning on the radio they were talking about the Ig Nobel Prizes which are awarded for achievements that first of all make people laugh and then make them think. The awards ceremony is tonight. Previous winners include a lady who invented a brassiere that quickly converts to face masks (for use in the event of…
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unwelcome epiphanies
Last night I had an unwelcome epiphany. I woke up at about 4am with my brain processing all of the sermon preparation I had been doing yesterday. I am exploring 1 Corinthians 2 in our evening service and have been struggling to find an overarching narrative that makes sense of the passage. I had delved…
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Acronymity
An email correspondence with a couple of friends yesterday (thanks Steve and Graeme) got me thinking about acronyms. One of the bizarrest I came across a while ago was an acronym that young people in a Baptist Church had come up with for the Deacons (servant leaders) of their church: Very Old Men In Thought!…
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a his story lesson
Two lions from Colchester Zoo were walking down Colchester High Street. One turned to the other and said, “There aren’t many people around today, are there?” [It’s a good joke, but you could add the punchline: The other one said, “You can talk!!!”] Yesterday afternoon Christians from across Colchester gathered together in the town centre.…
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“incoming!”
We have been told by NASA that sometime today a satellite the size of a bus will be giving in to gravity and plummet towards the earth. Most of it will be burnt up in the atmosphere but some bits will get through and could land anywhere. I have had a couple of thoughts about…
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