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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pit stop
I am a part-time chaplain at the University of Essex. I have just received my new parking permit for 2013-14. I am designated as an ‘occasional user’. This means that I am not on the campus more than a couple of days a week at most. There are other categories for those who are on…
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wake up and smell the coffee
Those who have only known me a little will probably have realised that I like coffee, especially good coffee. I don’t really like tea (which is not ideal for a Minister doing pastoral visits when a pot of tea has been brewed for you), but coffee hits the spot for me. It fascinates me that…
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a radical thought?
I feel the need to follow up from yesterday’s bloggage. Having survived the suggestion that God is not in control without being denounced, defriended or debagged (couldn’t think of a third ‘de-‘ word) I feel a little courageous. So I want to suggest something even more radical and controversial. I am warming up to it…
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an attitude of platitudes
It will all come out in the wash. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. You’ll feel better after a nice cup of tea. God’s in control. These are all platitudes. Platitudes may or may not be true. But they are patronising statements that trip off our tongues almost by-passing our brains and they take…
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blessing
Yesterday we baptised three people with very different stories about how they came to faith, how Jesus has made a difference in their lives, and how they decided that it was good to be baptised. We had one man who had only recently come to faith and told us of how his faith was helping…
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Touching places
I have just heard a news report that doesn’t surprise me. Apparently we are running out of space in cemeteries. I have often wondered about that when driving past cemeteries and graveyards. We have a finite amount of space and an increasing need for it. When I was younger I used to think that cemeteries…
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churches are like washing machines
In the beginning was the washing machine. It stood silently in the kitchen, mouth slightly open, waiting for someone to feed it. Eventually the caretaker did feed it on its favourite diet of clothes that needed to be washed. They added seasoning in the form of washing powder and encouraged the machine to start chewing.…
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dew see the webs?
As I looked out of our kitchen window this morning I noticed lots of tiny cobwebs on the lawn, made visible by the dew that had settled on them overnight. I have not seen so many before. The photos here only show one in relative close up and a few clustered together, but there are…
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Going up?
I apologise to anyone who lives in accommodation without interior stairs. If you live in a flat (apartment) or a bungalow then you may not be able to relate to this bloggage as well as those who live in houses with stairs. On the other hand, it does mean you can afford a smug smile…
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