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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be vigilant
Tonight at the church we are holding a Christmas vigil. It is an attempt to offer a gentle, peaceful reflection in this wonderful season that can be very busy for everyone. It will hopefully be a refuge from the hustle and bustle of the preparations for Christmas and an opportunity for us to experience God’s…
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one in a million
On Sunday evening I had a ‘moment’. I have already mentioned it on Facebook so if you read that you can skip this bit although I have filled in a little of the detail… It was midnight. I was getting ready for bed. I was trying to raise the blind in our bathroom so I could…
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buttons (no not the panto character)
Yesterday we had our Carols by Candlelight service and despite the snow and ice we had a wonderful time, led by a choir who had been practicing since September! Beautiful. We were down at the church early to help set up and my son, Thomas, was there to run the PowerPoint. He got bored and…
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feel the tingle
Tonight the Girls’ Brigade at our church are hosting a Christingle Service. If you have no idea what that is, where have you been? And if you want to know, visit this website. I am doing a short explanation of what a Christingle is and have been exploring some new possibilities so that it is…
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pride in the name of…
Intermittent posts at present because I are lurgified. There’s a nasty little bacterium that is making his way through the members of our family. He started with Sally (sinusitis) and then found a spot in my throat that he likes (pharyngitis). He now seems to be making his home in Hannah’s throat too. Yesterday I…
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we three king…
We have created our own church Christmas card this year. We ran a competition for anyone in our church to design the card and had some fantastic entries. Emily’s Nativity Scene Produced by our 3-5s group Thomas’s Bethlehem Scene We Three King Penguins of Antarctica by Rebecca These are the entries from children in our…
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memories
I have had an idea for a blog entry. The trouble is that every time I think of it I am nowhere near my computer and don’t have pen and paper available so I promise myself I won’t forget it and will remember when I sit down at the computer. The last thing I want…
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shiver
I had a shiver-down-the-spine moment in my car yesterday. It was not the cold. Nor was it my driving. I was listening to the radio and they played Annie Lennox singing ‘See Amid The Winter’s Snow’. Ooooooh. It was a combination of her wonderful voice, a beautiful arrangement and the words that sent the shiver:…
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Ha le lu jah
Sorry to anyone who came to the blog yesterday hoping for new material and found the same old drivel. I had a day off and that included blogging! However, I am now back in harness and have Handel’s Messiah playing in the background as I prepare our All Age Nativity service for this Sunday morning.…
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woofers and tweeters*
This is a follow-on from yesterday’s post about the busy-ness of Christmas. One of the impacts on Ministers of the many different events is that we have to come up with something to say at them all, and I feel compelled to prepare something different for each one. This is not just because there is…
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