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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preaching proverbs
Short posting this morning as I am off to the quiet day… but I thought I might offer ten proverbs for preachers: Don’t work out your frustrations on your congregation. It is better to leave them wanting more. Illustrations are there to illustrate not to be the main point. If you can’t summarise it in…
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shivering
When was the last time a shiver went down your spine? What caused it? Was it the cold, something spooky or a reaction to something you ate? I find that often an awareness of God literally sends a shiver down my spine. It is almost as if I can feel God’s Spirit at work in…
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the wisdom of youth
In my daily reading from Wordlive we were looking at one of Job’s friends, Elihu. He is the youngest of Job’s so-called comforters and can’t believe the poor quality of advice Job has received from the older friends. He has been sitting patiently and quietly – listening respectfully – until he can keep quiet no longer:…
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what sort are you?
A seemingly random question, to which I will return at the end of this blog: if you were to describe yourself as a car or a motorbike, what sort of car or bike would you be? This is predominantly a week of preparation for me. As well as having to prepare for two services (incl…
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goodbye cruel world
That was the clever headline in one of our newspapers today about the story that the News of The World newspaper is to close because of the phone hacking scandal. I am not claiming a gift of prophecy but I did say to Sally earlier this week that I thought the NOTW was finished. It…
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get real
What’s your biggest frustration in life? It may be a long-lasting frustration. It may simply be the thing that is looming largest on your horizon at the moment. Are you worried that your fridge will explode? Is there too much month left at the end of the money? Do you want to be more fruitful…
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it’s in my genes
I have just managed some bloke-looking. We had a delivery of a few items to the church and when I got everything out of the box one item was not in there. I had looked carefully and taken out all the packaging. I phoned the supplier and gently pointed out that there was an item…
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deacons
Tonight we have a Deacons’ Meeting. I look forward to them as they are opportunities for us to seek God’s will together andI enjoy the company of all of the Deacons. They sometimes go on a long time. They very occasionally get side-tracked into trivia. We always try to focus our minds on our church…
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empathalogical ministry
Okay, tonight it’s an early evening bloggage due to a busy day. Sorry to anyone who starts their day with my blog – today will be rather short for you! Today has been filled with Baptist Ministers. You could call it a deluge of Baptist Ministers. I had a great lunch meeting with two fellow…
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away
I am currently sitting in a prayer room in Frinton Parish Church. In a nearby room our Alpha group are having a discussion after I talked about who the Holy Spirit is. I am about to pray. If you would like to join me, feel free: even after the event because God is not limited…
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