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)

  • 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…

  • rewriting Murphy

    Have you heard of Murphy’s Laws? There are many variations, which are summarised as ‘If anything can go wrong it will’. Other versions relate to specific events such as ‘falling bread always lands butter side down’. We may have a chuckle at them, and also feel an empathy with it when things go wrong for…

  • enter the matrix

    I am not sure when I first came across the matrix that is supposed to help you prioritise I have always found it helpful, but there are a couple of problems: Who decides whether something is urgent or important? What I consider important, for example, may be considered unimportant by others. What happens to the…

  • living together

    Picking up from last Friday’s bloggage, this passage from the Bible was in my email inbox today (I subscribe to ‘Red Letter Days’ from my friends at Kore – they have an iphone or android app which daily sends you some words of Jesus): If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell them –…

  • Mull of inspire

    (Please excuse the corny title, I couldn’t resist.) A long time ago in a church far, far away I received a letter in the post. It was a rather critical letter. My friend and colleague in the church, David, had been sent a copy of the letter and as soon as he got his he…

  • ready salted

    My Bible reading today  was from Matthew 5:13-20, part of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus was talking to the crowd about being salt and light – making a difference for him in our communities. Sometimes I am tempted to think that this difference has to be a big thing. Then I read this today: When…