change the world : Brett Fish

story of hope – please take a moment and read, pass on…

wow, someone sent me the link to this article written by helen zille about two matrics - Asavela Rawe ('a 17-year old boy, who lives in a backyard shack with his single mother and three siblings, and achieved 7 distinctions in matric, including 97%for Higher Grade Mathematics and the top award in the Western Cape for Life Sciences') and his friend Monde Simbosini ('three distinctions and 98% for Higher Grade Mathematics') - from Masibambane high [...]

By brettfish|2011-01-28T09:22:36+02:00January 28th, 2011|change the world, inspire-ations, local news|0 Comments

shane claiborne talks new slash old prayer [Relevant Mag article link]

'Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove explain why community worship and prayer—not just "action"—are so vital.' take a read at some of the ideas that shane claiborne has on the importance and place of prayer in your community living...

By brettfish|2011-01-25T21:26:20+02:00January 25th, 2011|change the world, church, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, worship|0 Comments

hold the pearl, give yourself

don't cast pearls before swine... that's how it goes, right? i mean Jesus said it and everything (matthew 7.6) but here is another take on that perhaps? use it, don't use it... i've been listening to a song by the foo fighters (what is foo? do you think they maybe originally started out as 'the flu fighters' and then someone typo'd their name and the rest is history... and if you started a band and [...]

By brettfish|2011-01-21T06:33:38+02:00January 21st, 2011|change the world, friends and enemas, inspire-ations|1 Comment

john of ellis talking unlearning

read this post by john of ellis this morning which my beautiful wife val alerted me too saying it was rather good and the message there is exactly spot on. the book 'unlearning' is written by my friend sean tucker and his blog is definitely worth checking out as well take a read here or find sean's blog over here - i don't always agree with everything he says - and i generally enjoy his [...]

By brettfish|2011-01-20T10:34:43+02:00January 20th, 2011|change the world, church, God stuff, what i am reading|0 Comments

re-post: 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|2011-01-17T07:06:33+02:00January 17th, 2011|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|0 Comments

How to Love your Woman better part ‘Saying it’

If you are married: Tell her you love her. Tell her often. Don't ever get bored or tired or let it become a cliche (or a quiche cos that would be weird) and so mean it every time. But say the words. Don't assume she knows. Tell her again. If you are dating: Don't tell her you love her, til you really mean it. And that might mean different things to different people but love [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T13:02:25+02:00January 14th, 2011|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|3 Comments

How to Love your Woman better part ‘Choosing This Day’

if you are married or going out: forget the myth that love is a feeling - if love is purely a feeling your relationship is doomed - run, run and keep running - cos feelings are context-linked, situation-dependent and none of us can stay on top of all of our contexts and situations - bad stuff happens, we hurt each other (hopefully by mistake) and the feeling is not always there... that's when choice come [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T12:53:56+02:00January 13th, 2011|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|6 Comments

How to love your woman better part halting the movement of the sun.

There is another verse in the Bible that says, “Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry” and since most of us have no real effect on stopping the sun from its nightly perceived movement away from us, i guess that means it makes a lot more sense for us to concentrate on the ‘stop being angry’ part... and it’s linked to the not keeping a record of wrongs. And so one [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T12:43:55+02:00January 11th, 2011|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|4 Comments

How To Love Your Woman Better part ‘the verbal blessing’

in a nutshell if you refer to your woman (whether it be girlfriend or fiance or wife) as a 'ball and chain' or any similiar type negative reference you are probably in need of an attitude shift... or maybe a slap to the head (and i am more than happy to assist with either!) as tbVal pointed out to me today it is often the very people who should be campaigning for the opposite who [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T12:42:16+02:00January 10th, 2011|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|4 Comments

how to Love your Woman better part small intentional sacrifices

i’m not a big fan of commercialised Christmas vibes and in particular Christmas carols – woergh – kinda hate them with a passion... my wife, TBV, is a big fan of Christmas and Christmas-related stuff though (although she says carols aren’t huge for her either!) and i realised the other day that in my adamant ‘we will fight carols on the beaches, we will fight them on the shores, we will never surrender’ and ‘i [...]

By brettfish|2018-12-14T12:40:40+02:00January 9th, 2011|change the world, love and chocolate, marriage, relationships|23 Comments