what i am reading : Brett Fish

Mark, my words: I'm telling you I don't even know the man! Ooh, a rooster?

Wow. Boom. Things just got real people. Having just witnessed Simon Peter's 'Life or Death' declaration of absolute faithfulness to Jesus at the Last Supper, we now have this follow up story where Peter is denying Jesus left, right and centre... until suddenly, the piercing sound of a rooster is heard... Join me as i work through Mark 14.66-72: [For the next passage which sees Jesus standing before Pontius Pilate, click [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-15T08:30:10+02:00May 15th, 2014|activities, bible things, friends and enemas, pain and Hope, shtupidt people, what i am reading|0 Comments

Mark, my words: Jesus in the garden and when words count

Continuing our journey with Mark as we head towards the end of Jesus' life as He heads for the garden where He will be arrested and then later tried. i take some time to look at what He does or maybe more importantly what He doesn't do - what He says and what He doesn't say, to see where we can learn how we can and should respond in similiar flavoured circumstances:. Join me [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-09T19:40:01+02:00May 9th, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, what i am reading|0 Comments

I will not apologise for my ‘white privilege’.

This feels like an important part of the conversation to spend some time on and i would love to hear your response to this. You may have seen the article by Princeton student, Tal Fortgang, titled 'Checking my Privilege: Character as the Basis of Privilege' that has been doing the rounds this week in which Tal [as an 18 year old, good to remember and hold in context] begins by explaining what his problem with [...]

By brettfish|2016-02-18T22:23:30+02:00May 9th, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people, what i am reading, world news|0 Comments

Mark, my words: Why does he keep them around?

As we continue on with Mark, we have this very interesting passage that might leave us wondering why Jesus kept the disciples around. But then if you're anything like me, you'll probably be super glad that He did. [and does!] Join me as we look at Mark 14. 27-42 and maybe take a moment to thank God that He uses the foolish of the world to confound the wise... [For the [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-07T13:32:09+02:00May 7th, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, what i am reading|0 Comments

psalmthing to chew on: psalm 67

This is such a short baby of a psalm that it is worth publishing the whole thing here: 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us— 2 so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. 3 May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you. 4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity [...]

By brettfish|2014-05-01T08:49:08+02:00May 1st, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, inspire-ations, psalms, what i am reading|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – Some thoughts from the Internet – on White Privilege and Post-Racial America

Let's crank this thing up a notch. Two articles that have caught my attention recently [Thankx Tsholofelo for the first one] and have a lot to say in this Race conversation that we've started and are engaging with each other on [although am still hoping to see more of that]. These feel like they could be part of the 'can of worms' and 'Pandora's Box' i was promised [threatened with?] when i said that i [...]

By brettfish|2016-02-25T11:17:20+02:00April 22nd, 2014|challenging thorts, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

40ish Days of Lent: Day 40ish

DAY 40ish Wow! Day 40. We made it... ish. Easter is still a few days away so may still add a post or two but it has been fun [and only slightly overwhelming] to do this journey with those few of you who have joined with me. The Bible mentions seven things that Jesus says while hanging on the cross. I found this online site that looks at each statement [calling each one a 'word'] and [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-17T08:36:16+02:00April 17th, 2014|activities, bible things, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

40ish Days of Lent: Day 36-38

DAYS 36-38 i know, i know, you got me on this one - definitely bitten off more than i can chew... so another weekend Lent Observance to give me a chance to breathe in deeply and spend some more time reflecting than simply writing about reflecting - also i have two preaches on Sunday so it's a bit of a crazy busy weekend... and we're about to run out of 40ish days of Lent but [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-11T14:50:57+02:00April 11th, 2014|activities, bible things, inspire-ations, what i am reading|0 Comments

Mark, my words: Having your enemy round for a meal

This story might be a whole lot more profound than we normally pay attention to. Jesus having a last meal with His disciples who He has grown to know and really love after three years of spending time with them. But during the meal He indicates to them that one of them is going to betray Him. So to put it another way He points out the fact that He has an enemy sitting at the [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-08T07:34:53+02:00April 8th, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, Uncategorized, what i am reading|2 Comments

Mark, my words: Inviting the interruption

A story of a woman who pours expensive perfume on Jesus' feet to the obstination of those around Him and yet Jesus responds by calling the act beautiful and saying that what she did will be retold as long as the story of the gospel is being told [like now! it's like He knew!] and also a little p.s. though on the idea of creating space for interruption which seems to be something Jesus did [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-02T10:39:04+02:00April 2nd, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, Uncategorized, what i am reading|1 Comment