Brett Anderson, Author at Brett Fish

Weekly Photo Challenge: (Lost in the Details)

i attended a formula 1 grand prix last year in Austen, Texas, which was basically a dream-i-never-would-have-realistically-had come true as i had been watching the sport since i was in primary school... and in the midst of this international event, sitting flanked by people of all nationalities from all around the world, i had the joy of seeing this South African flag draped casually over someone's chair near me... great reminder of home in the [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-02T19:49:58+02:00March 2nd, 2013|activities, challenges, the beautiful Val (tbV)|1 Comment

Taboo Topics: Singleness – meet Kate Hurley [aka The Sexy Celibate]

My friend Jess is a beautiful, single blonde girl who has been a missionary in Italy for 10 years and is the same age as me. One day, an Italian woman, let’s call her Mamma Carmen, came up to her with a little charm necklace that had a picture of a saint on it.“What’s this?” asked Jess. (Cue in accent of Italian mama who doesn’t speak much English) “A necklace for you. A picture of [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-02T18:27:04+02:00March 2nd, 2013|challenging thorts, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, shtupidt people, thorts of other people|6 Comments

One way to love your spouse better – Dalene Reyburn [the next right thing]

my friend Dalene, who is an incredible bloggist, has been married for 8 and a half years and this is a pearl of wisdom she has to share with us in terms of one way to love your marriage partner better: 'My husband stares into other women’s eyes all day. It’s his job. But when he’s done with corneas and optic nerves he comes home and tells me sweet somethings and whispers wonder and holds [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-01T02:45:34+02:00March 1st, 2013|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships, thorts of other people|11 Comments

One way[s] to Love your husband/wife better…

when you're dating someone, you only see them at specific times and so generally you are able to always look good for them, for the most part you will be putting in extra effort and they will more than often see you at your best. it is also generally a time where you are often carried along by the emotion and the 'feelings' and the fresh raw excitement of the idea that this person of [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-28T02:38:29+02:00February 28th, 2013|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|6 Comments

Part 3 of the Andersons next journey – the excitement of support

this is also my 800th blog post altho that is completely irrelevant but a nice round number nonetheless... so if you are reading this, then by now you know that myself and tbV are heading to Oakland, California to work with Common Change, and you also probably have some idea of what our specific roles with CC look like, and so the last thing i want to comment on is the support aspect. Val and [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-27T04:14:49+02:00February 27th, 2013|activities, adventures, and other animals., friends and enemas, God stuff, the beautiful Val (tbV)|1 Comment

Mark, my words: the two were sent out to find a man of peace

there is a great principle of ministry that you can see glimpses of in the life of Jesus: Teacher does, pupils watch. Teacher does, pupils are involved and do it with Him. Pupils do and teacher watches. Pupils do by themselves and report back to teacher. Then later the pupils find their own pupils and the whole scenario begins again. In this passage in Mark 6.6-13 we see Jesus sending the disciples out to try [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-27T03:06:33+02:00February 27th, 2013|activities, bible things, God stuff, what i am reading|2 Comments

a slice of Pi?

i am busy reading 'the life of Pi' having already watched the movie and there are definitely some interesting thoughts on religion in it - while i don't necessarily agree with everything written so far, this piece i found absolutely profound: 'And that wasn't the end of it. There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence, were something weak and [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-26T10:08:16+02:00February 26th, 2013|change the world, God stuff, thorts of other people, what i am reading|1 Comment

The specifics of Brett and Val's work in Oakland, CA…

so by now, anyone that is interested [and possibly some that aren't] knows that tbV and i will be heading to Oakland, California just across from San Francisco [come visit!] in the short next while to be working with Relational Tithe/Common Change and you also have an idea of what that is all about and how it works... but a lot of people have been asking about the specifics of what each of us will [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-26T05:52:09+02:00February 26th, 2013|activities, change the world, life, the beautiful Val (tbV)|2 Comments

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 51

'For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.' i mean, that's quite an intro already, right? and possibly carries a profoundly deep message in terms of really getting our minds around the fact that David, altho he had messed up horribly, still ends up at the feet of God, rather than simply trying to hide or run the other way... [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-25T06:15:51+02:00February 25th, 2013|activities, bible things, God stuff, psalms, what i am reading|1 Comment

Oscar madness…

in the space of a week we go from the craziness surrounding the public 'investment' into the news, gossip and views surrounding the Oscar Pistorius case [where everyone had an opinion, a judgement, a Barry Bateman courtroom tweet to retweet and an emotional or political response] to the 3am [in South Africa] screening of the Academy Awards Oscars ceremony which is a few minutes away from starting... there seems to be a lot of similarity [...]

By brettfish|2013-02-24T21:08:32+02:00February 24th, 2013|and other animals., change the world, world news|0 Comments