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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Pause for thought
I am taking a breather. This week is extremely busy. I can fit everything that needs to be done so long as nothing takes longer than it should and nothing new, urgent and important happens. I don’t expect this to be one of my longer blog entries (who’s cheering?) but find it helpful in the…
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doctor, doctor…
In preparation for an operation next month I visited my Doctor’s surgery this morning for a barrage of pre-op tests. They had to do it at my GP’s because the hospital where the operation will take place is in London. Last week the hospital phoned me while I was in a friend’s car, being driven…
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posh tog do
It’s posh togs time tonight. We (Sally and I) are going to the Mayor’s May Dinner in Colchester. The Mayor, Henry Spyvee, is a member of our church and it has been great to see how he and his wife Vivien have been mayoring around the town and encouraging people by their presence and support for…
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resonance
We have a small radio that moves around the house with us at different times of the day. The channel changes according to time of day too. It starts off with Radio 4 when Sally gets up and then changes to Radio 2 or 5 when she leaves the room and I have taken over.…
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mixed up and ambivalent
I have just come back from a visit to the International Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park Racecourse (!) in Esher. I am in two minds about it. I went with our Church Secretary as there were several things we wanted to look at from different suppliers and it is easier to see them face to…
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shudder
One of my favourite cartoon films is Disney’s The Lion King. It may be the last of the great animated cartoons in the classic style (as opposed to computer-generated animation) and has all the right ingredients: great characters voiced wonderfully by great actors; a mixture of humour and pathos; a baddy; love; and catchy songs. I…
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an election-free zone (well almost)
In the light of the electoral confusion and (perhaps) chaos I feel the need to offer something that is not about the election. That is not to say that I think it is unimportant (far from it) but it seems like the whole country is on the radio, TV and twittering and blogging about it…
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invention is the necessity of mothers
The heating is off in the church. It hasn’t broken down, we simply switch it off at the end of April each year and turn it back on in the autumn. As soon as we switch off the heating you can be sure that the weather will turn colder and we will all feel the cold.…
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wedding wound up
We’re back from the epic journey and wedding last weekend. It was a brilliant wedding and I hope that my Mum and Mike felt the love and joy as much as we did. I can now tie up a few loose ends in an abbreviated blog because there’s a lot else for me to catch up…
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head lights
When you are losing your hair you have to start thinking about different things. Those of you with a full head of hair will not have to worry so much about getting the top of your head sunburnt, or whether people will be blinded by the glare of light reflected off your head. I had…
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