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)

  • Epiphanies

    An epiphany is a sudden realisation or revelation about something. It comes from a New Testament Greek word that means ‘appearing’ or ‘manifestation’. It is also the name of a Christian feast day celebrated on the twelfth day after Christmas, traditionally linked to the visit of the wise men to the infant Jesus, but is…

  • broken angel

    While I was on Sabbatical Leave in autumn 2012 I took a week’s retreat at the Society of Mary and Martha in Devon, on the edge of Dartmoor. It was a wonderfully refreshing and relaxing time. On my last day I went into their little shop and saw a small stone angel, praying. I felt…

  • a pome for the weekend

    Here is a pome what I have writ… it will also appear in the ‘pomes’ section of this blog in due course. (Bearing in mind that some people have to work at weekends, this pome is transferrable to other days off). Weekends are Designed for strengthening us when we feel weakened: Rest, recreation, relaxation and re-creation are…

  • bless you!

    On Sunday evening our church is hosting a service of gratitude and blessing for the health and caring services of our town. I posted a poster on this site last week, and also is here. This morning I have been working on this service and in case you are considering coming let me say that…

  • Today’s bloggage, hopefully…

    Okay, sorry about the glitch – I accidentally deleted the content just after I had posted it. Sorry if you are getting loads of notifications that don’t work. I didn’t know what would happen when I clicked on a button! And that’s what I was blogging about, ironically. I wrote bloggage about how I didn’t…

  • bringing together two of my passions – magic and sci-fi

    In the midst of a busy time I have only got something here to make you chuckle. This cartoon comes from Savage Chickens, and I think speaks for itself. If you click on the image it will take you to the Savage Chickens website. It is used here with permission Be blessed, be a blessing

  • signing off

    Signing off has become far more complex with the introduction of new forms of communication. Letters were fairly easy when they were hand-written, or even typed or word-processed: ‘yours sincerely’ when you knew the name of the recipient; ‘yours faithfully’ when you didn’t. Now we have much less formal methods of written communication like text…

  • small picture, big idea

  • storytelling

    Words can be more slippery than soap in a bath. Just when you think you have got hold of them, whoops – there it goes again. I have been reflecting this week on one of Jesus’ parables – it’s in Luke 16:19-31(you can read it here). It is the parable about the poor man, Lazarus,…

  • you say tomarto…

    I had a giggle this morning when an interview went a bit wrong. Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show) was interviewing the American author of a Txt Dictionary and decided to ask her what something meant. I will transliterate so it makes sense. The phrase he asked about began ‘two bee zed…’ (2BZ) This…