thorts of other people : Brett Fish

Taboo Topics: Dealing with the grief of losing someone you love – Meet Dimakatso Lukhele

This is a post Dimakatso posted on the Education Ambassador's blog which you can find over here, but she gave me permission to post it in this section as well, sharing the story of someone who lost a best friend in Claire: The 7th of April is fast approaching and I’m already feeling a wave of emotions that sometimes cannot be adequately explained. When I feel like this, I know prayer helps and another remedy would be [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-30T06:45:27+02:00March 30th, 2015|friends and enemas, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

a response to my poem ‘i not me’

My friend Avuyile, wrote a response to my poem, 'i not me', that i posted earlier today and i felt that it deserved it's own space here on the blog and Avuyile gave me permission. i hope each one of us will take time to really listen to these words... I am meek, for in my meekness I am forced to tolerate you imposing your ideas into my system. I suffer in silence for my [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-27T06:23:29+02:00March 27th, 2015|inspire-ations, poems and other creativity, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Singleness – Meet Phil Barlow

I'm single and I love it! Sometimes... Sometimes not so much. Valentine's day has just been and gone and, while it's not an occasion that I've ever taken very seriously, it does bring one's singleness to the forefront of one's mind. I was walking through the shops last Friday (the day before Valentine’s) and saw all the people selling roses and stuff like that. There was a part of me that just wanted to buy [...]

By brettfish|2015-02-25T20:18:29+02:00February 25th, 2015|relationships, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|5 Comments

Taboo Topics: Singleness – Meet Lynley Pillay

I am a 37 years old single guy. I would point out that I have tried not to be single a few times…. I have had my fair share of relationships in life. I was engaged once too. So technically speaking I am disengaged now (see what I did there) ha ha ha. Before I get into the meaning of things in life for me, I would like to share a bit about me. I [...]

By brettfish|2015-02-18T23:06:58+02:00February 18th, 2015|relationships, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|6 Comments

Taboo Topics: Addiction – From the mother of an addict

I have a son who is an addict. My beautiful blue eyed child who has so much within him to offer this world through his love and compassion and wacky sense of humour. Probably the hardest thing about addiction for family members is being open and honest with those around you. People are so quick to judge, point fingers and give advice. You are judged on so many levels as a parent as to not [...]

By brettfish|2015-02-03T06:21:21+02:00February 3rd, 2015|pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|4 Comments

the breast of intentions: a response to the #ChristianCleavage tag

In the last day of so, i have seen the phrase and hashtag, "Christian Cleavage" showing up all over the internet and so, being a curious guy, went to take a look at what my extended family is up to this time. Turns out it all started [was re-ignited?] when an apparently prominent Christian blogger, Jarrid Wilson, wrote a blog post titled, 'The Problem with Christian Cleavage' that apparently caused so much controversy and mayhem [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-28T23:58:05+02:00January 28th, 2015|challenging thorts, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|61 Comments

Taboo Topics: Sex and Porn Addiction [an anonymous guest post]

So typically i prefer TABOO TOPIC posts to have a face and a name to help make the issues being discussed more 'real person' to other people going through them. But i am going to make an exception in this case as it is a friend who i know sharing the story and the nature of the story is needing some protection from family and friends... but i hope this will be an encouragement and [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-27T23:50:49+02:00January 27th, 2015|pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|13 Comments

Out of the Black Shadows – Stephen Lungu [a book review] – part III: the touch of God]

This is the second extract i want to share from Stephen Lungu's excellent book, 'Out of the Black Shadows' which i just finished reading [get a copy and read it and pass it on!] and this is from right at the end where he looks back over his life from violent rejected gangster to preacher and evangelist and it gives a glimpse of how God's hand can be present all through someone's life. This takes [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-27T07:00:31+02:00January 27th, 2015|inspire-ations, pain and Hope, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|1 Comment

Out of the Black Shadows – Stephen Lungu [a book review] – part II: the power of prayer

i believe in prayer in my brain. in some ways i believe it in experience - i have seen God answer prayers in terms of provision, especially in the area of money, and have a lot of faith to trust in God for that. But when it comes to healing, that is an area where i have not personally witnessed God doing all that much. i have a good friend who is fighting against cancer [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-24T07:02:52+02:00January 24th, 2015|inspire-ations, pain and Hope, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|4 Comments

Out of the Black Shadows – Stephen Lungu [a book review] – part I: the video clip

A week or so ago, Jody, who plays goalkeeper for my hockey team, was fixing up the alarm system in my mate Duncan's house where tbV and i have been living [as field hockey goalkeepers are wont to do]. i have no idea how it happened but somehow we got started talking and Jody quickly gets really excited about this dude, Stephen Lungu, who i've never heard of, telling me i HAVE to find him [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-24T05:41:16+02:00January 24th, 2015|inspire-ations, pain and Hope, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading, what i am watching|3 Comments