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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which is my best side?
Which way does the Queen look? It seems that she would be good at crossing roads because she is constantly looking both ways. No, it’s not a bad joke (don’t try to find humour there, I don’t think there is any). It relates to her image on stamps and coins of the realm. See what…
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sabbath
As a family we went to see Africa United on Saturday. If you have not seen it, I thoroughly recommend it. I was so inspired I wrote a ‘thank you’ email to one of the Producers (who happens to be a friend of mine). As great as the film was (if you have not seen…
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generosity defined by a sweet manufacturer
My wife, Sally, has recently been trying to track down some banana-flavoured chews. She remembered enjoying them as a child and has been disappointed not to be able to find any in sweet shops. She was quite pleased, then, when she came across a goodie bag by Swizzels Matlow that contained some Banana and Toffee Chews.…
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good job
VERY busy day, so no time to write a long blog entry. (cue cheers). I’ve been reflecting on Ecclesiastes 3 (the second, less famous part) for Sunday evening’s sermon and the final verse has an Ebenezer Scrooge-esque quality about it: “So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to enjoy their work,…
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man vs machine
I would like to talk with a person. I believe that most people think this and loathe the automated phone systems that pretend to be interested in you but in reality are just a series of choice-generated recorded messages that don’t tell you what you need to know. I really dislike it when I get…
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I know how you feel
Empathy is a very powerful thing. It is more than sympathy (where we express how we feel about something that has happened) although that is powerful itself. Empathy is where we are able to feel how someone else feels. We can’t know exactly how anyone feels, but when we are able to be empathic we…
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technogrumpiness
What do you do when your computer refuses to talk to the printer? This has happened to me a couple of times recently and it is rather annoying. In fact, on one occasion it was quite disabling as I was unable to print out the pages of a document I needed for a meeting. The most…
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one letter makes a difference
With thanks to my Uncle Matthew I am going to start this entry with a joke: A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from…
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sounds fishy
I have the joy at the moment of spending time with four people who are considering being baptised as believers in our church. The service will be at 1030 on 7th November, if you fancy coming along. One thing we considered last night has stuck with me this morning. We considered why it is that…
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armchair supporters 2
I watched the football last night on the telly. It was very frustrating. England drew 0-0 with Montenegro. They did not show much invention and some players seemed incapable of doing the simple things like passing the ball to a team mate and keeping the ball on the pitch. I have discovered that I am…
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