anne rice : Brett Fish

who would win a fight between matt redman [never once did we walk alone] and john ellis [formerly of tree63]?

i've been blogging for a little over two years now and i enjoy having a space to write my thorts or share my actions or be seriously silly or intriguingly insightful and a whole host of other stuff in between... and in that time it is the stuff i've written on relationships that has been the most widely read... so from 'How to Love Your Woman Better' to keys to 'having a good marriage [ideas [...]

By brettfish|2012-03-25T22:56:42+02:00March 25th, 2012|and other animals., change the world, friends and enemas, God stuff, people, relationships, worship|13 Comments

brainless christianity

‎one of my weekly thort for the week reader friends wrote me an email containing this line: 'It doesn’t matter how much doctrine I know, if I don’t reflect the God I serve in my daily life, it’s pointless.' which in essence is a paraphrase of James 2 - faith without works is dead - and James 1.22 don't just read it, do it. and it was part of an email from a guy who [...]

By brettfish|2010-08-14T05:32:52+02:00August 14th, 2010|change the world, God stuff, life, shtupidt people|2 Comments

just add rice

i am not usually drawn into current world events to the extent that i research them and get quite involved - altho i do iafrica.com every day to keep up with what is happening in world, local, sporting and entertainment events - but for some reason this anne rice story has been following me - i found three links on her facebook page which i think are worth reading [while i 'get'/understand a lot of [...]

By brettfish|2010-08-02T12:41:03+02:00August 2nd, 2010|church, God stuff|0 Comments

words of response to anne rice

so i write a weekly email called thort for the week aimed at challenging people to live out what they say they believe and for this week i really felt like John Eliastam's comments on the Anne Rice note i wrote on Facebook really express well what a lot of Christ followers (and others) could well do with reading: In fact for this week’s thort let me use my former boss John Eliastam’s response to [...]

By brettfish|2010-08-02T09:29:00+02:00August 2nd, 2010|church, God stuff|0 Comments

an enGAGeingful nite

so last week at enGAGE (sun eve congregation gathering at stellenbosch vineyard church) we had over 40 people there including a bunch of first-timers and roymond preached up an elijah storm in his first ever preach on the firetruck in the desert and your buckets capacity... at the start of the service i challenged the congregation to be more committed in terms of choosing to hang with us more regularly (attendance can be a bit [...]

By brettfish|2010-08-02T07:50:03+02:00August 2nd, 2010|church, people, shtupidt people|0 Comments

hanging up john ellis of tree63

so i managed to track down the john ellis article that started all the 'fun' and am very much looking forward to having caffeine with the man when i hit durban this week to hear more of where his heart is (and cos, hey, caffeine!!) but i'm not too sure he is going to be poster boy for pagans anonymous just yet - also take some time to read some of the comments by christians [...]

By brettfish|2010-08-02T03:45:17+02:00August 2nd, 2010|church, God stuff, shtupidt people|0 Comments

the rice effect part II

so i quoted Anne Rice the other day and this is a further explanation of where she is at which explains it a little bit more - i really like her last line... [from http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/30/anne-rice-leaves-christianity/?hpt=Sbin] Anne Rice leaves Christianity Legendary author Anne Rice has announced that she’s quitting Christianity. The “Interview with a Vampire” author, who wrote a book about her spirituality titled "Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession" in 2008, said Wednesday that [...]

By brettfish|2010-07-31T05:14:14+02:00July 31st, 2010|and other animals., church, God stuff|1 Comment

the real deal [may contain traces of john ellis and anne rice]

cool, i really enjoyed my teaspoons/socks post earlier today cos it feels like the most for me thing i've written on here lately - almost like i've slipped into writing for an audience again which is not what i wanted my blog to be - aware of the audience yes (and my responsibility there) but writing what i want to write and what is more real than just giving a lesson... anyways i have a [...]

By brettfish|2010-07-29T21:15:14+02:00July 29th, 2010|and other animals., God stuff, life|12 Comments