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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thank you Norman
This blog post is in honour of the late, great Sir Norman Wisdom, who died last night aged 95. Everything I have heard and seen people say in tribute to him has affirmed not only his talent but his generous, kind and outgoing nature. My favourite story was on the radio this morning, from his…
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give them what they gave you
Later post today than usual – sorry for those who have already visited the page looking for something new and instead found the stuff from last week. Tonight I am leading some training sessions for some of those who use their time and talents in leading groups of young people at our church. They are…
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stuck up
Can you spot the difference? Yes I know one is a Spitfire and one is a Hurricane. Yes, I know one is on the left and one is one the right. Yes I know the paint schemes are similar but different. The difference is that on the Hurricane (one on the right for those not…
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feeding the 4000
I have mentioned before how I write this blog primarily for selfish reasons: it helps me stop and reflect on my life in the presence of God and ask myself questions about how I am doing as a free sample of Jesus. But it is also providing me with interesting experiences as I bump into…
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No crackers, Gromit!
Just home from a Ministry Refresher Conference (no sweets in sight) but feel refreshed. If nothing else blessed me (lots did) I was blessed by a moment during Communion that you could not create if you wanted. During the service there was a time of silent reflection. I was praying hard when someone’s phone went…
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of teaching and toilets
This has to be a quick bloggage, as I am writing it in a coffee break between sessions at the BUGB Ministers Refresher Conference in Swanwick. I think at the very least we all ought to be given a packet of Refreshers for the Conference and then run a sweepstake to see how many Refreshers…
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it’s twirly
It feels early. I have been awake since 5.30, and don’t want to be. There’s something nice about having to wake up early if you are getting up to go somewhere – perhaps in the car, trying to beat the traffic, or to go to catch a train or a plane. Everything seems calm, quiet…
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angles from the realms of glory (no, that’s not a spelling error, it’s meant to be angles)
>We had a visitation at our house on Wednesday. No, not Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons. The visitor did not even ring the doorbell, but they did knock on the window, and their visit left an impression on us. I think it may have been a small trainee angel on its first flight. It did not…
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>steps (no, no, please don’t start singing ‘Tragedy!’)
>Not sure I am going to have time to write anything here tomorrow, so consider this an early Thursday present. I don’t know if you have noticed at the top of the blog screen is a link to ‘next blog’. Please don’t click it yet, but try clicking it when you’ve finished this and then…
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>have I got good news for you?
>Have I mentioned yet that I have a lovely new phone? It’s lovely. And it’s new. My contract was running out so my network provider contacted me and said I could renew a couple of months early if I wanted (one way to keep me) and offered me a lovely new phone on a cheaper monthly…
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