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)

  • An open letter to the UK after the General Election

    Dear UK First of all, thank you  to so many of you for taking part in the General Election. There are many people in the world who would love to have the opportunity to express their views in the way that you have. To those who will be in government, please remember that what you…

  • the x factor

    Last Thursday I attended a wonderful prayer vigil at Chelmsford Cathedral (thanks to all who clearly worked so hard on it) where we were provided with opportunities to pray about a number of different issues related to the General Election (tomorrow, in case you didn’t know!)*. We were also offered the following prayer, which I…

  • becoming unhinged?

    On Tuesday this week I spent the day with my good friend and incredibly talented joiner, David. We were working together to create a prop for the Magic Show I have been mentioning rather a lot in my bloggages. The prop is my design of a classic of magic (you’ll have to come along to…

  • ta

    Isn’t it wonderful when someone thanks you unexpectedly? Out of the blue a card arrives in the post, or an email arrives with a ‘ping’ in your inbox, or a text message arrives… and it is someone taking the time and effort to thank you for something you have said or done. It seems even…

  • yet another shameless plug

    I am afraid this is another shameless plug for the magic show that I am putting on along with my friend (and wonderful magician) Richard Jones (see his Facebook page here and be amazed). The show is on 23rd May at South Woodham Ferrers Village Hall, starting at 7.30pm. (There is a bar at the Hall…

  • the parable of the oasis

    The Eastern Baptist Association, whom I now serve as a Regional Minister, is putting together a series of thoughts that we will send out in order to help us to think through how we can engage with mission and evangelism. Each month churches will receive a parable to introduce a theme and there will also be…

  • knowing me, knowing you

    Ahaaaa. I am currently attending a course about transforming conflict. A part of it includes reflecting on a personality analysis of myself. It’s far more sophisticated than these ‘what muppet are you?’ quizzes that seem to populate Facebook. I’m not going to tell you the details about myself because I have a lot more to…

  • mind your language

    Regular bloggists here will know that I love language, and I am fascinated by the way it evolves. I have even attempted to introduce new words and concepts into the English language (bloggist, bloggage, technoloiterate, for example) but so far to no avail. I wonder what it is about a new word that enables it…

  • just so you know

    I am going to be away for a week receiving training in transforming conflict  – mediation and conciliation. This means that I won’t necessarily be lobbing bloggages in your direction this week. I have scheduled a couple that I have prepared earlier just in case you feel too bereft of my bloggerel and pray you’ll…

  • a little joke on a day off

    A mother was struggling to keep her wriggly child quiet in church. She tried bribing the child with a promise of sweets but the child ignored her. She tried threatening the child with the naughty step when they got home but the child ignored her. In the end she tried reasoning and asked the child,…