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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the lost parable
I bought my wife a coat made entirely of hamster fur. We went to London for the day and she spent seven hours on the London Eye!* That is my variation on today’s joke in my new calendar. I like it! It reminds me of one of my favourite parables. The story of the Lost…
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this made me smile and then made me think
With grateful thanks to Asbo Jesus for the insight and challenge
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it’s a game of two halves at the end of the day
Sorry, I can’t resist. Football is a funny old game. On Sunday my favourite team, Ipswich Town, were thrashed 7-0 by Chelsea in the FA Cup. It was so bad that if it had been a boxing match it would have been stopped a long way before the final whistle. Last night Ipswich played Arsenal…
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“I have never been so insulted…”
“… Maybe you should listen more to what people are saying about you!” Regular readers will be delighted to know that this Christmas I received two joke-related gifts. One is a calendar with a new joke every day, and the other describes itself as “The Ultimate Collection of Jokes and One-liners”. WOOOO HOOOOO! The book is…
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behind your back
A couple of days ago I mentioned the cross stitch in my office at church. Today I want to reflect on a painting that hangs in my study at home. This (I think) is a painting of the Romanian town of Timisoara. It is certainly where it was bought for me. It was a gift…
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anniversary time
This year marks some significant anniversaries. It is 400 years since the King James Version of the Bible was released. It was the first widely accessible version of the Bible in English and the impact on churches, the Christian faith and believers is impossible to underestimate. I am slightly concerned about how it is…
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what’s his name?
I have been looking at some of the ‘names’ of God from the Bible, preparing for a new series in our evening services. I may reflect on some of the individual names but the thing that has struck me is just how many there are. It is difficult to put a precise number on…
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Keep taking the tablets
I am just about to take a couple of tablets and it reminds me of the famous scene in The Matrix when our hero, Neo, is offered two pills (actually they look like Jelly Beans to me). The blue pill will keep him in what he assumes to be his present reality and the red pill will…
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superpowers
On the notice board in the office I share at the church with my fellow Minister, Lynsey, I have a cross-stitch that was made for me by one of our members. On it is a verse from Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” *picture used with permission from http://www.sxc.hu/profile/bizior That…
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I’m back
Yes, it’s been a long time since the last blog entry. Sorry about that (if anyone is disappointed). It has been the result of Christmas busyness and a week’s holiday after Boxing Day that has led to the blogence (blog-silence). We travelled a long way during our holiday and one of the things I reflected…
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