church : Brett Fish

when Desmond Tutu met No_bob [part II]

This is a continuation of the previous post which started giving an overview and summary of my participation in the ‘Revisiting The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Faith Community Hearing' which took place this week. Here are some selected highlight moments that could be captured on The Tweeterer in 140 characters of less: 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 [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-10T07:12:56+02:00October 10th, 2014|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, church, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations, pain and Hope, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am watching|1 Comment

What concerns you, concerns me

So i think i have a different understanding and idea of church than a number of people i know. And my picture of what church is feels a lot bigger, rather than smaller, than some other peoples. i am not saying that the Sunday church local congregation vibe is not church, but i am suggesting that maybe it is more than that. One example for me has always been so-called 'para-church' organisations like Scripture Union and [...]

By brettfish|2014-10-05T23:47:43+02:00October 5th, 2014|activities, bible things, church, God stuff, the beautiful Val (tbV), Uncategorized, worship|12 Comments

God called. He’d like His job back.

this has been quite an eventful week. WORLD VISION AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE World Vision made a dramatic did-they-really-not-expect-the-reaction-it-got decision involving allowing employees to be in same-sex marriages. the Evangelical response was strong with notable Christian speakers such as John Piper and Franklin Graham speaking out against the decision and many Christians apparently withdrawing support for World Vision and specifically for the children they support via World Vision. a day or two later World Vision does a [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-29T08:49:20+02:00March 29th, 2014|bible things, change the world, church, God stuff, love and chocolate, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

If you had to choose between looking like church or acting like church…

so there has been a lot of discussion since Don Miller posted his two blogs suggesting that the traditional sunday church vibe is not for him and i responded with my piece titled 'Why you should stop going to church' which was not actually at all about encouraging people to stop going to church, but more trying to enlarge our definition of what church is about... you are the church so you don't go [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-17T17:03:44+02:00February 17th, 2014|church, God stuff, shtupidt people, Uncategorized, worship|1 Comment

I’m pretty sure Jesus didn’t die so you could meet once a week in a building…

had lunch with a friend of mine who doesn't 'go to church' any more... i know, i know, i should have been spending the whole meal challenging him about how important it is and how pathetically self-focused he is being and something something about the body of Christ and all that... but i was too busy finding the encounter so refreshing. you see, Bill [let's call him that - i know how friendly you okes [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-07T08:11:01+02:00February 7th, 2014|bible things, change the world, church, friends and enemas, God stuff, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|14 Comments

Thort for the Week: the one about having and being beautiful feet

for years i have sent out a weekly challenging Christ-following email message called 'Thort for the Week' which you can sign up for by emailing me at brettfish@hotmail.com and asking to be added to TFTW... but this week's one i really felt i should share here as well... In Isaiah 52 the prophet says, 'How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, [...]

By brettfish|2013-04-15T05:57:12+02:00April 15th, 2013|activities, bible things, challenging thorts, change the world, church, God stuff|0 Comments

Lars and the real girl church

so last nite tbV and i finally watched the movie 'Lars and the real girl' which had come highly recommended by our Philly friend Janell Anema and it was indeed well worth the watch. Ryan Gosling [who i have been completely against since he starred in 'The Notebook' which is a movie which irritated me beyond belief for reasons that most people don't really care much about] is phenomenal as Lars, who is a likeable [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-24T19:04:36+02:00March 24th, 2013|and other animals., challenging thorts, church, God stuff, people, what i am watching|0 Comments

the illegal car dealership i run.

well, not really, but i think the permanent ADT guard who lives in a little wooden hut across from my buddy Dunc's house where i stay may be suspecting that's what i do... purely for the number of different cars of all shapes and sizes that he has seen me drive into 2 Smithers Road over the last two months... i am always friendly and i always wave at him [or hims, because i think [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-11T11:22:11+02:00March 11th, 2013|church, friends and enemas, God stuff, inspire-ations, local news|0 Comments

pramnesia [which is why we got to pray, just to make it today]

"Just part one ocean in front of me, once, God, and i will never doubt you again!" that's how i think sometimes. but a huge part of me knows it unlikely to be true. it wasn't enuff for the Israelites [a day later they were whining about water so God made it appear out of a rock, then it was food and God made bread appear six days a week, then it was about the [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-10T18:00:01+02:00March 10th, 2013|bible things, change the world, church, God stuff|0 Comments

a response to a nonny miss? part iii: truth in Love

'So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the [...]

By brettfish|2013-01-31T03:50:31+02:00January 31st, 2013|activities, bible things, challenging thorts, church, God stuff, love and chocolate, thorts of other people|3 Comments