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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in training
I have a very busy day ahead of me. I say this not to elicit sympathy but to explain why this blog entry is short. When life is very busy things get squeezed. Commuters will understand this. Imagine life is a train journey. When you are travelling outside peak times there is almost always a…
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the most powerful word
What do you think is the most powerful word in the English language? Successful? Awesome? Magnificent? Omnipotence? Determination? Billionaire? I have been pondering this recently. Our culture is one in which we are encouraged to assert our rights, be noticed and make sure we are number one (at any cost). I have seen adverts on…
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BUGB gets mentioned occasionally in this blog
I have noticed that the number of hits on my blog increases significantly when it is mentioned on the BUGB daily E-news Sweep email. This often (but not always) coincides with occasions when I mention something specifically related to being a Baptist Christian. This tells me several things: 1. Lots more people read the BUGB E-news…
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rutting
Because of busyness today I prepared Sunday morning’s sermon yesterday. (Thursday is my preferred preparation day). That has left me feeling slightly bereft this morning. It is not my normal routine and it feels a bit strange. I think I will have to get used to this because my colleague, Lynsey, is now on maternity…
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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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