Blog : Brett Fish

he's not heavy, he's my [klein] brother…

i have a cool friend called kleinfrans [he's not] who is a really rad man, and he has a brain and thinkx about things and i think has some good stuff to say [and him and his rad wife michelle took us to play mashie golf, twice!] and so i wanted to stick up some links to the last three cool things he blogged about: http://ishouldwritemore.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/is-hell-real http://ishouldwritemore.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/zuckerberg-zombies http://ishouldwritemore.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/the-book-you-believe-in enjoy, comment, engage...

By brettfish|2011-03-09T11:26:59+02:00March 9th, 2011|thorts of other people|0 Comments

the true test of the spirit…

"Liturgy is public poetry and art. You can make beautiful art by splashing paint on a wall, and you can also make art with the careful diligence of a sculptor. Both can be lovely, and both can be ugly. Both can be marketed and robbed of their original touch, and both have the potential to inspire and move -people to do something beautiful for God. So it is with worship. More important than whether something [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-08T06:41:00+02:00March 8th, 2011|challenging thorts, thorts of other people|0 Comments

the one about the holding of your tongue

i write a weekly email message called 'Thort for the Week' and i thort this week's was an appropriate one to add here: Dear friends “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-07T12:44:06+02:00March 7th, 2011|challenging thorts|5 Comments

twice prodigal

like writing poetry but i haven't had the motivation to write something for a long time, but here is one i wrote a long time ago which i really like which a lot of you will not have read... TWICE PRODIGAL Have I walked this path? I can not remember having come this way before; Yet... strange feeling of familiarity haunts me As each step I take brings me closer to home... I still taste [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-07T12:05:44+02:00March 7th, 2011|poems and other creativity|3 Comments

and have not love, i am a clanging Bell?

i am completely over the whole rob bell public bashing, public defending, long back-and-forth status comments thing and so i am hoping this will be my last post on the matter, but i think this is a valid point [and the title which i thort of as i came in here to write is pretty relevant as well] i recently read this comment at the end of another long rob bell - is he a [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-05T11:19:48+02:00March 5th, 2011|challenging thorts, God stuff, love and chocolate, world news|25 Comments

go to hell ha ha ha

just watching the rob bell furore that has swept up has once again brought something to the fore which i think needs comment and some thort by people who claim to be Jesus-followers... one of the accusations that has been made against rob bell is that he is a universalist which as i understand it is someone who believes that everyone is going to end up in heaven, and by definition no one ends up [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-03T12:47:47+02:00March 3rd, 2011|challenging thorts, change the world, church, God stuff, world news|45 Comments

what does rob bell think rob bell thinks?

for all the rob bell haters and those who are asking genuine questions and those who may just be vaguely interested, this is a clip that came out after Velvet Elvis, his first book, was released (not the biggest fan, had moments, enjoyed his second 'Sex God' a lot more) - take a listen because he says some really great stuff... rob bell defending mars hill and while you're checking that one out here is [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-03T05:17:28+02:00March 3rd, 2011|challenging thorts, thorts of other people|0 Comments

as simple as a cup of coffeeine

i made my beautiful wife val a cup of coffee in bed this morning as i do most mornings... she thanked me for it and i said it was a pleasure, and completely meant it... in fact as i was walking down the stairs i was thinking that it is a pleasure every single time... and how that should be normal - i really dig making my wife coffee or tea or a glass of [...]

By brettfish|2011-03-01T11:52:10+02:00March 1st, 2011|love and chocolate, marriage, the beautiful Val (tbV)|2 Comments

Downward Mobility in an Upscale World – shane claiborne speaks…

been wandering around the simple way page and reading thru a couple of shane's articles and really being inspired and challenged and challenged to inspire... here is an extract from 'Downward Mobility in an Upscale World', an article by Shane Claiborne "Over the years I have come to see how charity fits into — and legitimizes — our system of wealth and poverty. Charity assures that the rich will feel good while the poor will [...]

By brettfish|2011-02-28T12:44:20+02:00February 28th, 2011|challenging thorts, change the world, church, God stuff, life, thorts of other people|0 Comments

theological masturbation: shane claiborne's vibes on "the emerging church"

anyone who knows me even slightly well will know that one of my top three life-changing books is "The Irresistible Revolution" by shane claiborne who is one of my real life heroes - i met him briefly a couple of years ago when he was in J Bay speaking at an international Christian surf conference and got to chat to him for a bit and interview him for two magazine articles i was writing. i [...]