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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the long awaited sequel – episode 40
In case this has left you bemused in The Empire Strikes Back Princess Leia (talking about trying to escape the Empire in the Millennium Falcon) says, “This bucket of bolts’s never gonna get us past that blockade.”
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replacement service
How frustrating do you find it if you have bought a train ticket and then find out that some or all of the journey is on a ‘rail replacement service’ – also known as a bus? Some operators have tried to introduce some levity to the situation by changing the electronic sign on the front…
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who said that?
I was meeting with some church leaders recently and I said, “The past helps to shape our present but it need not define our future.” One of the people there asked, “Who said that?” My answer was not intended to be flippant: “Me.” They wanted to know who I was quoting, but it was one…
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resurrection rollercoaster
Once again we are about to strap ourselves into the spiritual and emotional rollercoaster that is Easter. For me Easter starts with the long, slow Lent ascent towards Palm Sunday. The shouts of “Hosanna!” at the top begin to turn into shrieks when we swoop downwards as the authorities tell Jesus to quieten the crowd…
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The bootiful voos
Yesterday we went for a walk in the Devon countryside. We walked along a ridge and were presented with this beautiful view (pronounced differently with a Devon accent). From there we walked along the gorge and ended up for lunch next to this bridge. And then after lunch we walked back along the river Teign.…
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brexit stage right?
I have tried to resist the change, I have tried to make a stand, I have tried to persuade others, but in the end it seems inevitable that ‘Brexit’ has entered the English language. It’s such an ugly and clumsy word – a lazy amalgamation of ‘Britain’ and ‘exit’ to denote the decision in the…
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view from my pew 13
Dear Internet Mr Grenville-Stubbs here again. Did you miss me? I have been busy trying to make a positive difference in cyberspace. I had an idea for a search engine that I have been trying to get off the ground with what is known as ‘crowd funding’ – where lots of people offer small amounts…
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episode 39
This may be a little bit ‘niche’. Scroll down for some clues: Search for ‘footprints poem’ online You also need to know that in Star Wars Episode IV Obi Wan Kenobi remarks that “Sand People always ride single file to hide their numbers.”
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kaboom?
An unresolvable conundrum is this paradox: “What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?” Is the answer ‘kaboom’? There is no answer that does not fundamentally change the nature of either or both of the entities. If the immovable object moves it is no longer immovable or if the unstoppable force stops it is no longer…
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episode 38
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