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)

  • man cold alert

    I have a cold. It is a man cold. It is only surpassed in seriousness by man-flu! In order to help me keep on going manfully through the man cold I have been taking various remedies that claim to stop the symptoms while my immune system goes about its business of ejecting the man cold…

  • in case you wanted a laugh today

    I didn’t feel a joke was appropriate with today’s blog, so if you want one, this is an extra one with some frivolity…. If I (a bald man) get hit on the head can I still get a hairline fracture? I knew I was going bald when it was taking me longer and longer to…

  • praying in anguish

    I have always been fascinated by Jesus ‘sweating blood’ 39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this…

  • choose your battles wisely

    I used to be a litigation lawyer. I say this by way of a statement of fact, not as a confession. One of the things that the solicitor who was the head of the litigation department taught me was to discern which cases to settle and which to fight. This meant that when I went…

  • when I’m calling you oo oo oo oo oo oo

    “If you can be happy doing anything else, do it!” Those were the encouraging words of my Minister when I spent some time talking with him as a teenager who was exploring the possibility that God wanted me to be a Minister too. He was trying to express to me how it is crucial to…

  • This Sunday I will mostly be speaking about…

    Is it just me? I find myself increasingly irritated by the news in the morning. We are told what has happened overnight. That’s great. That’s important. We are told about some things that are happening today. That’s helpful, even if it is a bit like advertising (especially when the ‘news’ is about a TV programme…

  • an apology

    Dear bloggists I am sorry that I have not posted anything for the last couple of days. This is because I was without t’internet, enjoying a few days away with some of our church. ‘Normal’ service (whatever that is) will be resumed tomorrow, I hope. In the meantime, a jokette for you… They say there…

  • going anywhere nice for your holidays?

    I had a traumatic experience on Wednesday. It involved flashbacks, anxiety, envy, a pair of scissors and some money. On Wednesday I took my daughter somewhere that brought back pleasant memories for me. It reminded me of relaxing and pleasant times in my past that will never happen again. I took her to the hairdressers.…

  • booking time

    I have four books sitting on my desk that are ready to be read. Some of them have been on my desk for a while. They have not gathered dust (because they keep getting moved around to make space). But they have not been opened in anger or engaged with in a meaningful way. It…

  • computer users – a parable?

    Apparently there are three types of computer users: Novice user – this is someone who is terrified of pressing a key in case they break something. Intermediate user – this is someone who doesn’t know how to fix the computer after they pressed a key. Expert user – this is someone who knows how to…