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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splash!
On Sunday morning we will be having another service of Believer’s Baptism at our church. Wooohooo! Baptising people is one of the (many) highlights / privileges of being a Baptist Minister. It’s not the physical act of dunking (although that is fun!) so much as being a part of one of the most significant moments…
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being patronised
For Father’s Day (which I feel is more of a ‘hallmark holiday’) I received a large Toblerone (yum) and a book. I have already finished the Toblerone, which I really enjoyed, and I am really enjoying the book. It’s called ‘1980-81 The Greatest Season In Ipswich Town’s History’. It came in a limited edition sleeve…
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the thlot pickens
Today I am mostly writing my novel. As mentioned last week I am taking a couple of days’ leave in order to crack on with writing my magnum opusthat will propel me to the top of the bestseller’s list. So far today I have written 2,000 words and re-written some of the previous 12,000. The…
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dreaming
It’s late in the day but I have finally found some space to stop and reflect… before rushing off to another meeting. Sorry to any of you who have been waiting patiently for me to post some bloggerel today. So, following on from yesterday’s pathetic effort by me, by my computer and by Microsoft, all…
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waiting
I am currently very frustrated. Microsoft has kindly sent me some updates for programs on my computer. That is very thoughtful of them. However the process of updating requires a restart of my computer and it has so far taken the best part of an hour to install the updates and it has been working…
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outside the door
It is scary visiting some people in their offices. Waiting outside you feel nervous, sweaty-palmed and experience what the more uncouth among us call ‘SBT’. (For those of a delicate disposition you can ignore this acronym but if you are curious and can’t work it out, it’s set out at the bottom of the page*.)…
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booking time out
Those of you who can remember June 11 last year will remember that I mentioned I am writing a novel. At that time Ihad written about 9,000 words. Since then I have written about 100 more words. This is not good progress! So I have decided that next week I will take two days’ leave…
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incommunicado
Our phone line is out of action at home. I don’t know why. One minute it was working fine, the next… nothing. So if you are trying to contact us at home, sorry. It also means that our internet access is down. If you send me an email I can read it on my Blackberry…
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will, will, will
A few years ago I had a different existence. I worked in the Mission Department at the Baptist Union of Great Britain. I worked with some brilliant colleagues and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. If I had not been convinced that God had called me to Colchester Baptist Church I would have been delighted to…
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Cântă laudă, cântă laudă *
On Sunday we are nabbing an idea that came from my lovely friends Matt and Juls Hollidge (visit their excellent Kore website!!). They were the worship leaders for the Baptist World Youth Conference in Leipzig, as well as at the youth programme at the Baptist World Congress in Birmingham UK, not Alabama). They had the…
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