world news : Brett Fish

What 1.5 million balloons and the NYPD have to teach us about great non-profit and mission work…

Sometimes good intentions aren't enough. Take the New York Police Department, who in an attempt to foster better relations with the public decided on this great plan: "Do you have a photo with a member of the NYPD? Tweet us & tag it #myNYPD. It may be featured on our Facebook," the department posted on its NYPD News Twitter feed, hoping to fuel a feel-good, low-cost public relations campaign. Or how about that time in [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-23T09:22:45+02:00April 23rd, 2014|challenging thorts, change the world, shtupidt people, world news|0 Comments

April’s Fool

i am not a big fan of April Fool's Day. i know, i know, shoot me down. And i'm not sure i can say what i want to say here without being labelled judgmental, so go ahead if you need to. But it was brought to light to me why i am such a big fan of not being a fan of April Fool's Day when i read my friend James' description of it as 'Happy International [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-01T19:52:42+02:00April 1st, 2014|shtupidt people, silly things, Uncategorized, world news|1 Comment

the problem of Phelps

i was hoping to be able to get something out on this before Fred Phelps died, which apparently i failed to do. Fred Phelps, pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church where we use the term 'church' loosely as nothing of what i ever heard them connected to sounded anything like the idea of church that i have come to know and love. An obvious indicator is that the website address of this 'church' is the [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-20T14:10:44+02:00March 20th, 2014|change the world, God stuff, Uncategorized, world news|2 Comments

Random acts of Neknominations.

It started with a #neknomination [well, let's be honest - it likely started with a drunk Australian feeling like this was something he thought was a good idea for more people to do?] an online video'd drinking challenge game where you "film themselves drinking a pint of an alcoholic beverage, usually beer, in one gulp and upload the footage to the web" [wikipedia] and then nominate two other people to do the same, paying it [...]

By brettfish|2014-02-12T05:51:26+02:00February 12th, 2014|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, inspire-ations, local news, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, world news|8 Comments

A tornado, a free computer and a whole host of dead celebrities…

Earlier this week a tornado swept through Oklahama, killing a number of people and leaving a mass of devastation in its wake. Within a couple of hours of the disaster, well-known speaker and author John Piper tweeted this verse: “Your sons and daughters were eating and a great wind struck the house, and it fell upon them, and they are dead.” Job 1:19 There was a huge uproar about it. How could this public figure [...]

By brettfish|2013-05-24T07:06:07+02:00May 24th, 2013|challenging thorts, change the world, shtupidt people, silly things, world news|0 Comments

How to condemn evil while loving evil people?

i came across this article titled, 'Loving Dzhokhar Tsarnaev' [one of the suspected terrorists involved in the recent Boston Marathon bombing] shortly after it happened and it really made some strong points in terms of our role as Christ following people in the wake of such a horrific disaster. the author, Adam Mabry, starts off by highlighting two opposing reactions which are equally unhelpful: 'The first is the xenophobic, racial, and even religious hatred of [...]

By brettfish|2013-05-08T14:24:57+02:00May 8th, 2013|challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, what i am reading, world news|0 Comments

the tragedy and not so tragedy of the Boston Marathon explosions

what happened yesterday with the bomb explosions after the Boston Marathon that up til now have claimed three lives and injured well over 100 people [with ten or more amputations that occurred with some of the survivors] was a tragedy. any time someone is killed it is a tragic thing and more so because this was something that was ruthlessly planned and carried out. and Facebook knew about it - scrolling down my news feed [...]

By brettfish|2013-04-16T07:19:22+02:00April 16th, 2013|challenges, change the world, local news, what i am reading, world news|0 Comments

Throwing stones at Joel Osteen after checking it’s okay with Uncle Google.

i have called Google 'Uncle Google' for a long time now - i'm not sure why i do that cos it's very silly but it's become my thing [which is probly why i do that]. i guess one reason is that when someone asks me something i don't know i will either tell them to ask Uncle Google or i say that i will and it feels like bringing another person into the conversation. i [...]

By brettfish|2013-04-08T07:32:02+02:00April 8th, 2013|and other animals., challenging thorts, shtupidt people, world news|0 Comments

on why rape [and violence to women in general] HAS to be taken seriously, part 2: Twitter

then, in case that was not enough, i got involved in my first 'fight' on the Twitter... [i know, too many people surprised it took me this long, it is possible i just forgot any others that occurred] it revolved around the hash tag #SafetyTipsForLadies which someone that i followed tweeted and so i went to the link and read a bunch of them and was horrified by the way they seemed to be dealing [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-27T01:07:57+02:00March 27th, 2013|activities, and other animals., change the world, thorts of other people, what i am reading, world news|0 Comments

on why rape [and violence to women in general] HAS to be taken seriously, part 1: attack on my wife

my wife was attacked in the street yesterday. fortunately not physically and thank God there were two Latino guys in a car nearby that she was eventually able to get to come to her assistance but even then they didn't really know what to do and the [can only assume he was completely drugged up] guy continued to threaten. many, many thoughts on this and the closest to the foreground is complete and utter thankfulness [...]

By brettfish|2013-03-27T00:48:12+02:00March 27th, 2013|challenging thorts, change the world, local news, people, shtupidt people, the beautiful Val (tbV), thorts of other people, world news|3 Comments