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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being made a patron
Apparently patronising is the word to use to describe what someone does as a patron. For example, if the Queen became patron of a Hospital, she will patronise that hospital. But will the hospital also patronise her in the same way that someone who is made a saint is canonised, or do we have to…
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service returns
Good customer service can make all the difference. I have just got off the phone from someone in a company where they had sent me something that was not quite correct. The young lady with whom I spoke was courteous, sympathetic, knew what she was talking about and offered to find out what was happening.…
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beesyness
Sorry about the lack of bloggage yesterday (a lackage?). The last few days have been the sort of days where I have been able to do all I have set out to do, but each activity has flowed into the next without much breathing space in between. I find I can sustain that level for…
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choice words
I have tried as hard as I can, but I cannot manage to perfect the trick of being in two places at once. I know how magicians perform illusions where you think they are in one place (usually locked in a box or in some sort of peril) and they appear somewhere completely different. That…
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the parable of the lost zeros
In 2007 I was in Ghana for a meeting of the Baptist World Alliance. I changed a small amount of currency into the Ghanaian currency, cedi. I was impressed by the ‘wodge’ of notes that I got, especially with all the 000’s. I felt wealthy. (And when I saw how some people lived I realised I…
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Oops
For some reason there was a bit missing from the text of yesterday’s bloggage which meant it made even less sense than usual. I have amended the text in case you are wondering what I meant about “Thomas ’97”. Blessings
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dustbin days
One of the things I remember from my days at Bible College is that it is important to have ‘dustbin days’ from time to time. These are days when you have a clear out. You sort through the pile that has overwhelmed your in-tray. You clear the stuff that has accumulated on your desk and…
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em-fassis
No, you aren’t experiencing some sort of strange cyber double vision. The image in this bloggage* is the category cloud from the blog. I try to tag most of my bloggages. Apparently it makes it easier for people to find me. But it also reveals, through this clever cloud thingy, the emphases in my reflections.…
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lament
I have remarked before on how protestant Christians in the UK seem to have lost the ability to lament. It’s not simply a wringing of hands and ‘woe is me’, it is a way of praying that expresses heartfelt emotions in a raw and honest way. Yesterday’s reading from Scripture Union’s Word Live was exploring…
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