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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updating
The Bible has been updated. It’s true. It happened this morning. I had a message on my phone that said, “Successfully updated ‘Bible’”. I am not sure what updates they have made, but it will be interesting finding out. Perhaps they have taken out the gory bits or the sexy bits or the difficult bits.…
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phone juggling
I am beginning to feel like a switchboard operator – for myself. I have two mobile phones: one for work and one for friends and family so I can switch off from work when I need to. I also have a landline (yes, young people, some telephones work through wires!). And just occasionally while I…
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a compromising position?
You know how it is, you are having a perfectly normal day when all of a sudden, unannounced and uninvited, your mind is invaded by a song or a piece of music. It is not necessarily something you hear, but it’s been in your subconscious and chooses to surface into your conscious awareness. And you…
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More puppetry
A further Elmo related thought… People relate to Elmo the puppet as a real being because of the puppeteer behind (or beneath) him. There’s an illustration of grace and service here – someone who is willing to work in the background to support someone else. The puppeteer gets no public credit or acknowledgement but is…
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real puppets
There are some things that shouldn’t work. Today I was listening to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show when Elmo came on. For the few of you who don’t know who Elmo is, he is a small red fluffy muppet from Sesame Street who speaks in the third person. And Elmo was on the radio. It…
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fingerpoints
This cartoon is both funny and disturbing at the the same time. It’s funny in the same way that it was funny when Jesus gave the original teaching in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you…
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fingertips
Don’t ask me why, I can’t explain, but this morning I remembered a football match I was playing in about 17 years ago. It was while I was a professional footballer.* I used to play in goal for one of our church football teams (usually the 3rd 11), and this was often a very busy…
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diminutive accounting
I’m back. (Sorry about that). I have enjoyed a good break and been blessed by being on the receiving end of Easter for a change. And this morning I returned to a relative avalanche of emails. I like to keep a tidy inbox. I like to have dealt with most emails on the day on…
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Time out
Dear bloggists. This week I am taking some time off work and time off blogging. If you experience any withdrawal symptoms please feel free to search the archives for previous bloggages, and if you are looking for Easter related bloggerel you can find some here and the following entries from a couple of years ago.…
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I have never been so offended (well, perhaps I have)
If you shop in Sainsbury’s* you may have a Nectar card, through which you accumulate Nectar Points that ultimately can be redeemed in different ways. We think it is a special loyalty bonus scheme that they give us out of the kindness of their hearts but in reality it is a way of them tracking…
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