Uncategorized : Brett Fish

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

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

the most important prayer you will ever pray

i was inspired by this blog piece my friend Shae wrote over here where she spoke about a meeting she went to where the pastor proclaimed that the prayer the people would pray [to follow Jesus] was the most important prayer they would ever pray. Shae was not convinced: I’m not convinced. I’m open to the fact that I may be wrong in my disbelief here, but I’m still not convinced. What is the most powerful [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-27T04:28:03+02:00January 27th, 2015|God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized, what i am reading|3 Comments

Smoker, imma let you finish, butt…

Let me begin with a disclaimer: What follow is not true of all smokers. In fact, most of the smokers I know are very much not like this. But I strongly suspect we will all know exactly who these particular offenders are. The signs will be your head nodding along as you read this, or your fingers starting to, on their own accord, clench into the angriest of fists if you're actually shouting out loud, "Yes! [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-25T16:27:05+02:00January 25th, 2015|and other animals., shtupidt people, Uncategorized|7 Comments

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

Inject a little fun

i love being serious. i love engaging with difficult topics and even difficult people sometimes in the hope that we can find some mutual understanding and maybe even each learn something from each other. but sometimes, i also think we need to CALM THE FLIP DOWN PEOPLE and just be able to take a moment to sigh or smile or eye-roll or laugh or even write LOL even though we didn't actually LOL but just [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-23T16:16:05+02:00January 23rd, 2015|and other animals., Uncategorized|1 Comment

Some reasons i hate white people. [you know, because of all the hating white people i do!]

i hate white people! i know, i know, i could barely believe it myself when i found out, but having heard so many people suggest it on my blog the past week or two [some in comments i chose not to print due to their not-fit-to-be-read-by-other-humans content] it really must be true. It started when i started suggesting that i don't think white people are better than black people [if i had a dollar for [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-23T06:05:40+02:00January 23rd, 2015|and other animals., challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|19 Comments

Let There Be Good!

If you, like me, are a bit sick and tired and heading towards overwhelmed by all the bad news stories we have to take in online [from mass killings in Nigeria to dead cartoonists to children in schools re-enacting dog fights to live cattle being attacked in a turned over truck] then we should do something about it. There is so much to be done, and it can overwhelm, but ONE THING that can start [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-22T00:04:29+02:00January 22nd, 2015|activities, inspire-ations, Uncategorized, what i am reading, what i am watching|15 Comments

How can man die better – part economic justice

This is the last passage i will be sharing from the book, 'Robert Sobukwe: How Can Man Die Better' [because you do need to go and get a copy and read the whole thing, you know!] And this is a look forward to how Sobukwe might have felt about the current situation with a big focus on justice and what i think lies ahead of us in terms of a move from racial focus to [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-21T03:00:16+02:00January 21st, 2015|pain and Hope, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|3 Comments