Blog : Brett Fish

Pome: Mercurial Dispensity (one of my faves!)

Mercurial Dispensity Blue-white dribbons like ribbons Cascading down effervescent streams Past inclandescent structures Reaching skywards as celestial images Stretch towards endless infinities Pausing briefly; To take in the monolithic grandeur Of monotonous complexities Saturating the definitive collaboration Found within an array of sophomorically pristine shades of grey Originating from; An illucid conglomeration Dissipating tediously in ongoing Cycles trespassing potently lethal boundaries Dabbling with; Innocuous instabilities brought about by Ransacking governamental ornamental orchestrations Resulting in; Steady [...]

By brettfish|2010-04-07T06:26:56+02:00April 7th, 2010|poems and other creativity|0 Comments

pome: the final Word

"It is finished!" Words spoken, No, shouted, from a death bed. Following the pronouncement of having been forsaken. Left alone, deserted, strung out to die. Calling for a father who has turned his back Unable to cast his eyes on a son so full of disappointments, Shame. Broken dreams; shattered hopes. What had become out of all that was possible. And so, "It is finished" - signalling the end, the final deathblow? But wait, one [...]

By brettfish|2010-04-06T03:53:09+02:00April 6th, 2010|poems and other creativity|0 Comments

poem: twice prodigal

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 the pods I fed those wretched swine A plague reminder of my sin and shame upon my tongue Hazy images of the land I'm walking: Imagination.. ...or memory? Something is not quite right Can't put my finger on it Inheritance [...]

By brettfish|2010-04-06T03:49:11+02:00April 6th, 2010|God stuff, life, shtupidt people|0 Comments

the wages of God, are you!

when Jesus was asked what is the greatest commandment in the jewish law He responded with in summary, “Love God love people” – ha, as i was typing that i accidentally typo’d “love gold” and how fitting that is but i’m sure i don’t have to go into that. Jesus added that the full law and the prophets (basically their bible at the time) rested on these two things (relationships) in fact if you study [...]

By brettfish|2010-04-02T06:09:55+02:00April 2nd, 2010|God stuff, relationships|1 Comment

it's official – that is high-fiveable!

the combined talents of the beautiful Val (aka tbV) and Michael-John (aka Muscle-John, agent of the stars) and brett FISH anderson (owner of the world's most famous stuffed dolphin, No_bob, who still doesn't!) bring you the new word that is about to sweep the world... are you ready... for... "HIGH-FIVEABLE" "Astonishing" [time magazine] "Mouth-wateringly cathartic" [the daily post] "if it was a tangible thing, i'd have one under every chair" [oprah] that's right - your [...]

By brettfish|2010-03-25T05:26:02+02:00March 25th, 2010|change the world|1 Comment

are you off your mind? [you should be]

why is it so hard to live a Jesus-following life? the things i want to do i don’t do and the things i don’t want to do i find that i can’t stop myself from doing. Woe is me this wretched man, chief of sinners, sucker of note, i might as well... STOP! [not hammer time] Romans 12.2-3 ‘Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing [...]

By brettfish|2010-03-25T05:10:03+02:00March 25th, 2010|change the world, God stuff, life, the beautiful Val (tbV)|0 Comments

married? you got to fight.

i was sitting in the back of the church meeting yesterday when a couple (who have been married for less than three years) arrived and she came and sat in front of me and he stood at the back of the room to the one side... it was obvious to me that they were having some kind of negative vibe – she was obviously stressed and every now and then would look across at him [...]

By brettfish|2010-03-22T05:31:40+02:00March 22nd, 2010|love and chocolate, relationships, the beautiful Val (tbV)|5 Comments

a radical minimum standard [part the seconde]

Excerpt from Erwin McManus ‘an unstoppable force’ (available from Loot - http://www.loot.co.za/refer.html?referrer=85894849355 – for R170) [continued] HOW MANY TIMES DOES HE HAVE TO CALL? Why are there so many levels of Christian calling in our contemporary Christian community? Where are they found in the Biblical text? I have a strange suspicion that the nuances of these “callings” have less to do with theology and more to do with the condition of the church. Paul seemed [...]

By brettfish|2010-03-17T12:54:16+02:00March 17th, 2010|church, God stuff, life|0 Comments

a radical minimum standard [part the firste]

Excerpt from Erwin McManus ‘an unstoppable force’ (available from Loot - http://www.loot.co.za/refer.html?referrer=85894849355 – for R170) Wow this last chapter of the EM book i’ve been reading resonated so hugely with my spirit i had to share (go and buy the book!): A RADICAL MINIMUM STANDARD On August 20, 1978, I walked to the altar at the first Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida and gave my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord. I remember standing [...]

By brettfish|2010-03-17T05:39:48+02:00March 17th, 2010|church, God stuff|0 Comments

the malzumbenray files part judging the (tangled) knot

THE SETUP so i have been thinking about this quite a lot lately, especially after i received a mail immediately after my last you-got-to-be-kidding-malema post from my friend mel lovingly rebuking me or at the very least challenging me on my bash-the-leader stance [if the Bible says respect and pray for your leaders who God has putten over you...] which was really great and a whole thort in itself [the confrontation from Mel i mean, [...]