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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I don’t believe it
Sometimes you have to stop and throw your hands up. In a moment I want to make some comments about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, but first I want to scream at the screen “WHY?” Not “WHY?” about the earthquake, tsunami, suffering and death but about this news story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12756366 British bureaucracy has prevented…
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fishy business
Very soon I will be leaving our house in the company of Stew the Rabbit (pictured on my home page) to take an assembly at a local Primary School. Their theme is ‘special symbols’ and with Stew I will be talking about ichthus and crosses. I have blogged before about ichthus fish symbols on cars…
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behind the scenes
The changes to the interior of our church are under way. The first phase has been completed. The pulpit is gone and the platform strengthened, with a backdrop to conceal the identity of the organist (or something like that). Comments on Sunday were very positive. The wrong sort of blackbird! The thing that most people…
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when in doubt…
I think my favourite Old Testament personality is Elijah. I’m not sure what made me think of that, but he is. It’s because he is so… human. One minute he is on a spiritual high – confronting false gods and royalty, the next he is running for his life. He is even petulant with God.…
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underwhelmed by Jesus
On Sunday evenings at our church we are exploring names of God. This Sunday I have the joy of preaching on the name ‘Jesus’. I was really looking forward to this and happily pulled loads of reference books off my shelves expecting to be overwhelmed by the amount of information about the name ‘Jesus’. I…
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footprints
I was thinking earlier this morning [sound of readers fainting in surprise] and for some reason the phrase ‘leave nothing behind except your footprints’ came to my mind. Psychologists may have fun with analysing that but I want to lead you along my train of thought that came from that starting point. The phrase is…
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you heard about it here first
On 1 February this year I mused on my blog about what would happen if there was a transfer window system for Ministerial moves. I have another idea which may be a brilliant TV show. (I will tithe my royalties to BUGB Home Mission). When it comes on your TV screen as the next ‘reality’…
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going, going…
Happy New Week! Work has begun today on removing the pulpit from our church and reconstructing the platform so it is solid and we won’t fall through it. This is part of a project that we believe will make it easier for people to see what is going on at the front of the church,…
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ring ring, ring ring
I have an interesting task ahead of me today. I have been asked to bless someone’s new ring. It’s not a wedding ring. I think it is a ring that they wear to bring them good luck. What to do? All sorts of theological issues are raised. It reminds me of an occasion when I…
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apologies to St Francis!
I have been considering a song or hymn to follow my sermon on ‘patience’ (see yesterday’s blog) on Sunday morning. There were several candidates but in the end I went for ‘Blessed assurance’ which is a great old hymn. The verses are relevant to what I think I will be saying, but the chorus goes:…
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