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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ten proverbs for Church Meetings
Encourage one another and build each other up (1 Thess 5:11) Sometimes God asks you to take a risk, but he never asks you to be unwise This is not a democracy. Nor is it a dictatorship Two eyes, two ears, one mouth… Age (old or young) is never a barrier to God speaking through…
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apologies
Sorry to anyone who was relying on me blogging something profound yesterday. I had a day off.
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coincidence???
Today I have to do something that is a step into the unknown. It’s not scary in itself but I don’t like the ‘unknown’ bit. I prefer to be in control. So I am sitting, waiting, and decide to read my daily reading. It’s about Jesus calming the storm. Some may say that it was…
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tweet to whom?
I am a twit. By that I mean that I have signed up for Twitter. I did so because there are a few people I want to ‘follow’ – receive their 140 character thoughts. I was astonished to find that within a few hours I have a couple of people following me. But I haven’t…
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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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