"I'm not sure what God's will is for my life!" i hear this a lot, or some other version of it. And i have spoken about/written on this before, but feels like a good time to bring it up. YES, YOU NAILED IT, GOD WANTED THAT BABY TO GET SICK AND DIE possibly the worst scenario this plays out in is when someone gets an incurably disease or a person dies and somebody who is chatting [...]
i posted this a few years ago when i had a Weekly Mash blog going on, but thought it was worthy of a place on Irresistibly Fish as it is one picture that never fails to make me smile a lot and usually laugh out loud [which is unusual for me - normally an inside laugher] i hope it might have that effect on some of you. you know as a child, many well-meaning adults [...]
If i was sharing every chapter and excerpt i enjoyed from ‘Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion’ by Father Gregory Boyle, which i have been reading and really being deeply moved by, then the whole book would pretty much be in here. But i am wanting you to get hold of the book and so am only sharing a story or a passage from every couple of chapters in the book. There is some [...]
Once again, the punmeister Stephan Pastis of Pearls before Swine fame is giving it his best and poor innocent Pig is taking one in the head: [For another Pearls before Swine Pig + pun combo, click here] [For a whole list of some of my favourites, click here]
A third extract from ‘Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion’ by Father Gregory Boyle, which you should clearly be able to gather by now i am adding to my 'Books i would love for all my friends to read' list so just do it already. So brief background to this short piece is that Father Boyle works predominantly with gangsters and ex-gangsters through a number of different businesses that fall under the banner of Homeboy [...]
We got married on the 28th of November 2009. Best decision ever. Seriously. We have both loved being married and will often wonder how we got to be so blessed. There were a few things we decided on early in our marriage that has made a world of difference, and we have practiced them ever since. Firstly... We decided to never leave the 'honeymoon stage'. Everyone around us who heard how happy we were kept [...]
What does the term 'Rape Culture' mean? The phrase is off-putting and in some ways misleading [to someone who doesn't understand what it means at any rate]. Tell a guy he is a part of the existing rape culture and he is most likely to react strongly against that: "How dare you suggest I'm a rapist? Or put me in the same grouping as rapists as if I could be one of them." Well, sometimes [...]
Sometimes two sides of a vociferous argument can both be right. A silly [but true] example could be someone from Americaland arguing that mayonnaise is horrible [i have lived here for three years and am still to find one i find overly edible] Whereas, having tasted South African mayo, and especially the no name brand big jar version, i might argue that mayonnaise is incredible. We would both be telling the truth in terms of [...]
You know when you're sitting innocently in church and the bag/plate comes along for the offering and you feel guilty, but probably not because of this: [For Pearls before Swine and babies, click here] [For Pearls before Swine and Shtupidt people, click here]
yesterday i attended a baptism and family picnic that our church family, Re:Generation, holds twice a year... it is one of the highlights for us [and not just because of the quantity of fine meat they prepare - these okes know how to barbecue braai!] because of the feeling of family celebration and togetherness that tends to come out of it... and just a much less rushed time of being able to hang with church folks [...]