activities : Brett Fish

Two True Meanings of Christmas [some guested thoughts by Graham Heslop]

In response to a piece i shared on Christmas, which among other things, invited readers to share some of their creative/revolutionary/others-focused ideas they had for celebrating Christmas, i was tweeted by Graham Heslop links to two articles, asking me to check them out. i'm not going to lie, i wasn't super enthusiastic, mostly because the idea of reading more articles feels a little bit like work. But Graham is someone i follow on the Twitterer [@avosquirrel] [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-23T17:13:29+02:00November 23rd, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|0 Comments

Giving that costs

When it comes to money and using it well, i believe this is something that relates to everyone, not exclusively Christ followers. But, writing as a Christ follower, i will give Biblical backing for the things i am wanting to share here, as i believe they are rooted in God's heart for humanity which looks very different to when we just let mankind get on with it by themselves. Two powerful stories comes to mind [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-16T23:14:53+02:00November 16th, 2014|activities, bible things, change the world, God stuff, Uncategorized|3 Comments

and you did…

one by one or in twos they arrive starting with family who are here early to make pancakes and watch little ones and then friends also start appearing friendly and awkward chatter takes place in multiple rooms of the house flapjacks are consumed coffee is made and then drunk with equal measures of passion scattered laughter from small groups of people who have not seen each other for a while of whiles and at some point [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-14T23:40:02+02:00November 14th, 2014|activities, family, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, love and chocolate, Uncategorized|0 Comments

the Friday FANatic 14/11/2014

i am generally inspired, amused, educated or enlightened by a number of posts on the internet any given week and link to them via the social medias. but the week time is busy for a lot of people and so you might find that you got to the end of it and missed out on some of the posts that otherwise might have interested you. so as i look back to this past week, here [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-13T23:07:08+02:00November 13th, 2014|activities, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading, what i am watching|2 Comments

How to win the lottery [guaranteed!]

Last night, my wife Valerie [aka The Beautiful Val aka tbV] and i won the lottery. Now let me get this straight, i am not talking about the Dutch Lottery that i seem to win with alarming regularity [despite having never sent in any kind of entry or bought any ticket of any kind, but if it arrives in my email it must be true, right?] And i don't mean that time that kind old [...]

By brettfish|2014-11-13T00:10:17+02:00November 13th, 2014|activities, family, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Black Swan meets Bring It On [or Improv gone Wild]

This was recorded at our Improguise: Players of TheatreSports show last nite and is quite possibly one of the best scenes i have ever been involved in. The best part for me is there was absolutely no planning or pre-thought or idea of what was going to happen until the moment Anne was behind me and i just launched into it and like a true pro she followed and the rest is Improv history. This [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-28T14:00:25+02:00October 28th, 2014|activities, humour'ish, poems and other creativity, Uncategorized|0 Comments

These Dry Bones can live again: a glance back at October Leadership 2014

One of my favourite weekends of the year, when i've been privileged enough to be a part of it [which is quite often!], is the weekend known as October Leadership. i have been part of at least ten of them and spoken on about 8 of those and it has never failed to be a life [and hopefully school etc] transforming weekend. Run by Scripture Union, the purpose of October Leadership has been gathering together [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-26T10:07:05+02:00October 26th, 2014|activities, church, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Happy 5 Year Anniversary

So HAPPY 5 YEARS BLOG POSTING ANNIVERSARY... To me... and more specifically, Irresistibly Fish... For those of you who have journeyed with me for some or most of that time, thank you. As much as this is the online diary of my general musings, it has also been a place where i have hoped to challenge and wrestle and encourage and entertain others and every time you show up and read and especially [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-23T16:31:56+02:00October 23rd, 2014|activities, God stuff, humour'ish, people, relationships, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Can you describe this ‘local church’ to me?

So i've been writing some challenging [hopefully] pieces on church of late and it's time for your input. A lot of people have got this vibe of, 'You HAVE to belong to a local church!' otherwise... well i'm not really sure what the otherwise is, but the being part of a local church seems to be a pretty insisted upon thing. And what i am trying to figure out - and i really hope you [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-12T06:21:03+02:00October 12th, 2014|activities, church, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|11 Comments

when Desmond Tutu met No_bob [part III]

Continuing with my share from ‘Revisiting The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Faith Community Hearing' as we look at some of the messages that came out of the second day: FROM THE TWITTERER [Day 1 of 2] While 140 character messages don't capture the whole of what was experienced, hopefully they will help you to catch a bit of a glimpse: #TRC General buzz in the air. Today it is a lot of testimony from [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-10T08:18:22+02:00October 10th, 2014|activities, change the world, church, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am watching|0 Comments