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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Green with envy
So here’s the thing. The surgery on my shoulder went well and, while painful, I do have some freedom of movement as it’s not in a sling or anything like that. I have been told to keep my arm movements within certain parameters and not to do any heavy lifting but I am able to…
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newsflash
Dear Bloggists Tomorrow I am having some minor (keyhole) surgery on my shoulder, which may mean that my blogging is curtailed for a little while during the period my shoulder is incapacitated and typing is a bit difficult. I am sorry to say that normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. You have…
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possibly the best headline in the world*
*other than those made by corduroy pillows. There are some things that seem too good to be true. My favourite newspaper headline for a long time is in today’s Independent: “Giant Minion terrorises drivers in Ireland as 40ft inflatable blocks traffic on Dublin road” – you can read the story here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/giant-minion-terrorises-drivers-in-ireland-as-40ft-inflatable-blocks-busy-dublin-road-10436179.html The picture that accompanies…
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mortal
Even though it is the holiday season at present, death has not taken a vacation. Over the past few days there have been many reminders of this as well known people have died, and there have also been some tragic accidents that have resulted in death. We must never forget that behind the headlines are…
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out of all proportion
When our children were very young I started something that became a family ‘thing’. I was messing around with them and, resting my head on top of one of our son’s head, I jiggled my jaw back and forth. It made him laugh so I did it again. Our daughter didn’t see what I had done but…
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moving thoughts
Yesterday the EBA got the keys to the house in which we will be living next month. I joined a couple of people from the EBA to look around so we could work out what needs to be done. A couple of things struck me (not falling masonry – the house is sound!). One was…
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prying not praying
(This is the ‘thought for the week’ that I shared yesterday with Ministers of the Eastern Baptist Association and I share it with you in the hope that it may bless you this summer. While it refers to Ministers I think it applies to us all!) It’s the start of the holiday season. It’s the…
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label makers
Do you remember a few years ago how young people wearing hoodies were being vilified by politicians and the media? Some brilliant people at Frontier Youth Trust did some research that found that adults overestimate the level of antisocial behaviour by young people and teenage pregnancy and decided to make a statement about it. They made a…
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super script
On Sunday morning I was preaching (not unusual for me) and asked the question: “Why is it that noses run and feet smell?” It is a characteristic of language that words can have more than one meaning and in the case above it creates a punderful play on words when you juxtapose two such incidences.…
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