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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at three ment
When I was about seven or eight an uncle of mine came to visit. He is the sort of uncle who teaches you rhymes that have slightly naughty endings so you can recite them at inopportune moments. I loved playing football and somehow persuaded my uncle to come into the back garden and kick a…
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mission made simple
Churches seem to have the innate ability to make things complicated, don’t we. Putting aside all of the complexities of Church Meetings, Leadership Meetings, ordinations, inductions, church accounts and finances, child protection policies, insurance, choice of music in services, sitting in our favourite seats, charity law, constitutions, and so much more that goes into running a…
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decluttering
Hopefully in the next couple of months we will be moving house. In anticipation of that we are starting the process of clearing out the clutter that we have accumulated in 7 years of living here (plus some that we have brought with us from previous houses!). It’s amazing how much stuff just gathers dust…
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nobody expects
I recognise that Monty Python’s Flying Circus is not everyone’s cup of tea, but they how many of you were expecting the Spanish Inquisition? Nobody? I thought that would be the case. Personally I find that sketch (you can see it on YouTube if you are prepared for some silliness) rather amusing, especially when coupled…
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what’s going on?
What do you think is going on in this picture? It’s a photo taken during the show I put on with my friend, Richard Jones. I was performing an illusion with some balls in such a way that my volunteer (Peter) had no idea what was going on, but everyone else did. I did feel…
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(I can’t get no)
[Guitar riff] da daa da da daaaa da daa da da da da da daaaa da daa da da da da da daaaa da daa da da da da da daaaa da daa da da So begins one of the iconic openings of a song: (I can’t get no) Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. (Now…
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prioritisationing
What are your priorities? That’s a good and important question. I can remember a session at Bible College where we looked at this and how you set priorities. We used an urgency / importance matrix like the one below: The idea is that you evaluate how urgent and how important things are, and then prioritise…
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advice for modern living
Having seen many ‘top ten’ and ‘essential’ lists of things that we need for modern living on t’internet and elsewhere I felt that it was time that I gave you my advice. It is based on no empirical research. 1. Love more 2. Live more 3. Laugh more You might be a bit disappointed by…
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