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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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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Have yourself a busy little Christmas
Christmas is a very busy time of year. This is perhaps one of my more obvious statements. But it is especially true for church people. And very especially double true for church leaders. I will have more Turkey dinners than I care to admit, will have sung all the carols several times each (already…
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Some people won’t be on the pitch…
Gross generalisation the first: there is a sense of collective disappointment across the country because FIFA is not holding a World Cup Finals in England for at least the next 20 years. Gross generalisation the second: the sense of collective disappointment is concentrated among the males in the population. Gross generalisation the third: lots of…
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Fawning around
On my way through the blizzard (aka light snow) this morning I saw a figure walking towards me. I thought it was Mr Tumnus, the fawn from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe! They had an umbrella, lots of parcels and looking like they had hooves. It was only when they got closer to…
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So, what did you think?
How do you give constructive feedback on something that you found unhelpful? Or, to be more specific, what do partners of preachers say to their orating half if / when they ‘preach a stinker’ and ask you what you think? That was a question that was discussed at a group for the partners of trainee…
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there’s snow business like…
Snow has finally hit Colchester today. But (other than that initial comment) this is not going to be a snow-related blog entry. After all, it is not the first time that snow has fallen in the UK and there are many places in the world that would regard our reaction to a snowfall as rather…
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