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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>don’t miss the important details
>Last Sunday evening I began the service by referring to Isaiah 6 (the first half). It struck me as I was preparing that I often jump over the first phrase in order to consider the vision of God and how he cleansed and commissioned Isaiah. In doing so I miss an important detailIndeed the passage…
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>that came out wrong…
>I am watching my back.Last week Sally and I went for a walk together. Just us. The children were away. We were walking along a path beside a field. A lady was walking her dog ahead of us.Out of the blue Sally said, “When I am on my own, I think I will get a…
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>all by myself, don’t wanna be all by myself…
>I have been deserted. Sally has taken the children and gone to stay with her mother. Actually it’s not as dramatic as it sounds – they have gone for the weekend while I hold the fort here. I was a bit worried a couple of nights ago, though, as I was rubbing my head in…
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guilty pleasures
I was waiting under my umbrella in the pouring rain a little earlier and had a crisis of conscience. Across the road from me I noticed a lady crouched on the ground. She had an umbrella but it was lying upside down on the pavement. She was getting drenched and rummaging in a bag. I…
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confession
I need to confess a sin. I am proud. Thomas (son) has just got his GCSE results. 10 A*s and 3 As. 🙂
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Hamster Potter and the Blog of Dumb
A couple of years ago I was sitting in Berlin’s Tegel Airport waiting for a flight back to the UK. I was coming back from the Baptist World Youth Conference in Leipzig, Germany, and was with my son, Thomas, who had been at the Conference with me. We had a long time to wait. We…
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they’re behind you…
I’m back. ‘Normal’ service is being resumed. Sally and I had a lovely week without the children. Not that it was lovely being without Thomas and Hannah, but we were able to do what we wanted without shouts of ‘Boring!’ or ‘I don’t want to’ or ‘Can we go home now?’ We visited different places…
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Just a quick note to let you know that I am having another week off from blogging. Normal service will be resumed on Monday 23rd August (I hope)
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splash!
This morning I want to share another Alton Towers reflection with you. Sorry to anyone who hates theme parks and is bored already. If you have read my previous post on the subject you will know that Sally (my wonderful wife) does not like white knuckle rides. In fact she does not like rides that…
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procrastinating about putting off something I should be doing
One thing that many Ministers experience is sermon preparation procrastination. It happens when a sermon needs to be written and suddenly other things seem to grow in importance. It is important to tidy your desk. It is important to answer all your emails. It is important to count all of the 2p and 1p coins you…
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