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)

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • connectivity

    Something very interesting happened yesterday. I posted my sermon joke that I had planned to use on Sunday morning but then didn’t use, along with a picture of a sign about the procrastinator’s meeting being postponed. A friend saw the picture and asked me via Facebook where I got it. I was able to tell her…

  • Sunday morning’s postponed joke

    I usually begin my sermons with a joke. If nothing else it means people might be awake at the start of the sermon! This Sunday morning I had a joke ready but felt as we were going through the service that I should not start with a joke. So I didn’t. This is the postponed joke.…

  • blessed by a bunny

    This morning I was taking two Primary School assemblies with my trusty side-kick. We were asked to talk about compassion so Stew the Rabbit (left) and I told a version of the Good Samaritan where Stew responded graciously and compassionately when he came across Bonnie the Bunny (who had bullied him by calling him names, pushing…

  • another sermon another joke

    This was the opening joke from last Sunday morning’s sermon: An official from DEFRA, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs turned up at a farm. The DEFRA official met the farmer and said, “I need to inspect your farm.” “Okay,” said the farmer, “but don’t go in that field over there,” as he…

  • the parable of the pesky fly

    I am being distracted. There is a pesky little fly that is wafting around in my study and it’s rather attracted to the screen in front of me. I would be very grateful if it would leave my study and go somewhere else because it is irritating me. But the pesky little fly seems unable…

  • un-god

    “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” Have you come across that before? Or how about: “If you tell God that you don’t want to do something that’s what he will want you to do.” If the latter is true: I don’t want to drive an Aston Martin car, I don’t…

  • the unwinner is…

    So the Academy has made its awards. Oscars have been given to the winners. The nominees who were not chosen have put on their best ‘I’m so pleased for the winner, it was an honour just to be nominated’ smiles. The speeches have been speeched, the thank-yous have been thanked, the tears have been shed.…