Brett Anderson, Author at Brett Fish

Prosperity as a Blessing from God

Continuing with a read through of this chapter from Ron Sider’s ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger’ starting where we left off: Possessions are highly dangerous. They lead to a multitude of sins, including idolatry. Western Christians today desperately need to turn away from their covetous civilisation’s grasping materialism. = = = = = THE RING AND THE BELOVED Possessions are dangerous. But they are not innately evil. Biblical revelation begins with creation. And [...]

By brettfish|2015-11-23T11:16:46+02:00November 23rd, 2015|bible things, challenging thorts, pain and Hope, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, what i am reading|2 Comments

Tis the season to be Grinchy

Christmas is coming! For different people that means different things. i like to start referring to myself as ‘The Grinch’ as Christmas approaches, but it’s not entirely true. […]

By brettfish|2015-11-23T07:32:53+02:00November 23rd, 2015|activities, change the world, inspire-ations, positive ideas for change, things to wrestle with|4 Comments

Tossing the Greedy out of the Church

As we continue to seek out A Carefree Attitude Towards Possessions through the lens of Ron Sider’s challenging book, ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger’ let me go back a paragraph to remind us where we are and then continue with words i hope you will wrestle with and share with your friends: = = = = = Matthew, Mark and Luke all recall the terrible warning: “How hard it is for those who [...]

By brettfish|2015-11-21T09:28:33+02:00November 21st, 2015|bible things, challenging thorts, change the world, church, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, tricky things, what i am reading|3 Comments

Sell all of our possessions?

Continuing the passage i am sharing from the Ron Sider book, ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger’, i’ll back up one paragraph just to remind us where we were: = = = = = If there are poor people who need assistance, Jesus’ carefree disciple will help – even if that means selling possessions. People are vastly more important than property. “Laying up treasure in heaven” means exactly the same thing. “In Jewish literature, [...]

By brettfish|2015-11-20T07:18:09+02:00November 20th, 2015|bible things, challenging thorts, change the world, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, what i am reading|3 Comments

A carefree attitude towards possessions

How brave do you feel today? i am busy reading slowly through a book written by a guy called Ron Sider, titled, ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger’ and this chapter, which is about halfway through the book has the title, ‘A Biblical Attitude towards Property and Wealth’. […]

By brettfish|2015-11-19T12:33:20+02:00November 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|12 Comments

i was ROBbed [stories of a best friend]

i miss you, Robert Lloyd. Two nights ago i was sitting with tbV in our courtyard drinking a glass of chocolate wine [it’s a thing!], eating Lindt balls and sharing a cigar, having a moment of remembering my best friend [this week has been filled with different versions of those] and we each shared stories of Rob and things that came to mind when we thought about him. […]

By brettfish|2015-11-19T10:27:23+02:00November 19th, 2015|Uncategorized|10 Comments

Taboo Topics: Transracial Adoption – Meet Adin and Rita Walls

Adin and Rita with the beautiful Alou This blog post is based on a status update I made recently on Facebook. I have adapted it for this blog. Thanks, Brett, for giving me a place to share my voice on this topic. Over the years I have been quite active with blogging, sharing my colourful thoughts about everything from the opening act at the U2 concert to my opinion on Apple vs Android. [...]

By brettfish|2015-11-18T10:00:09+02:00November 18th, 2015|family, inspire-ations, stories, Taboo Topics|11 Comments

10 Ways to avoid an unwanted Hug

Sometimes well-meaning people can say and do stupid things. Other times they can do perfectly fine and decent things, but ones that are just completely not appreciated and which might have the opposite effect of what they intended, especially in this particular moment. […]

By brettfish|2015-11-17T11:24:05+02:00November 17th, 2015|friends and enemas, pain and Hope, top 10 List, tricky things|6 Comments

How a Sandwich can Enhance your blog

A couple of months ago i discovered a sandwich that completely revolutionised my blogging. If you’re a bloggerist like myself, then this may just blow you away. But i am not talking about something as simple as this: […]

By brettfish|2015-11-13T09:46:48+02:00November 13th, 2015|Uncategorized|7 Comments

Taboo Topics: Transracial Adoption – Meet Abi and Babygirl

I never fully realised what an impact one little girl could have on a community, just by being herself. Adoption has always been on my heart. I can remember asking my parents, repeatedly, for years, for a baby sister for Christmas. Preferably adopted. It’s obviously something that I’m meant to be involved in. I got my baby sister when I was thirteen. And then a baby brother when I was nineteen. And there have been [...]