nukelearfishing

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)

  • Twelve

    Twelve days of Christmas Twelve months in a year Twelve hours in a morning (or afternoon) Twelve is the highest single-syllable number (go on, count them all and try it!) Twelve is magnesium in the periodic table Twelve tribes of Israel Twelve disciples of Jesus Twelve used to be a substitute in football (the proper…

  • Immanueleven

    One of the names we use for Jesus, especially at the time of Advent, is ‘Immanuel’. It is a Hebrew word that means ‘God with us’. There are two parts to the name: ‘Immanu’ from which we get ‘immanent’ and ‘El’ which is ‘God’. Let me illustrate. A number of years ago we went as…

  • the TEN-sion mounts…*

    It is 3000AD and there is an opportunity to end the war that had seemed like it had lasted forever. A commando was needed to go into the dangerous and hostile enemy-occupied territory. The Commander-in-Chief needed to send someone they could trust, someone brave, someone who was willing to risk everything for the sake of the…

  • the sound of silence

    Did I get the tickets? If you speak German, today’s number will give you the answer. (I did get through after 70 minutes but the tickets I was offered were far more expensive than I could justify paying.) So what do we do with unfulfilled dreams, hopes, ambitions and even unanswered prayers? We could get angry…

  • w-eight-ing

    As I type this bloggage I am also in a ‘Virtual Waiting Room’, waiting to see if I am able to buy some tickets to see a singer in concert. The idea (a good one if it works) is that those in the Virtual Waiting Room are assigned a place in a virtual queue and…

  • a nutherpome

    (With apologies to John 1:1) In the beginning was the Word but we refused to listen. In the beginning was the Word but we were illiterate. In the beginning was the Word but we misspelt him. In the beginning was the Word but we didn’t speak his language. In the beginning was the Word but…

  • repeats

    There are so many repeats on television, and often we are frustrated by them: “There’s nothing new on telly!” can be heard across the land most days of the year. But at Christmas we seem to welcome repeats. Christmas isn’t Christmas without the Sound of Music, The Great Escape, Morecambe and Wise and the Queen’s Speech…

  • another pome, of sorts

    A pome by my son, when he was six. Shepherds throwing their smelly socks about One night in Bethlem shepherds are throwing their socks about. At the sheep. Oh the Shepherds are singing the song: “Let’s throw our socks about, oh let’s throw our socks about.” The socks hit Bethlem, the socks hit the sheep,…

  • pome four the day

    Having run from the hills as fast as they were able, What did the shepherds expect to find in the draughty stable? And when they went back to the sheep were they very happy – To have been the first people to see God in a nappy? (pome by me) Be blessed, be a blessing

  • all you need is

    I have a talk I have used a couple of times at Christmas. I lug on a big bag and say that I have everything I need for Christmas. And because I know that someone will say ‘Jesus’ I get out the knitted nativity scene that my Grandma made and put it on the table…