lent : Brett Fish

40ish Days of Lent: Day 23-24ish

When you're weary... DAYS 23-24ish As we head into the weekend again i have combined today and tomorrow into one post. Please use accordingly. They say ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ although i would say sometimes that ‘Familiarity breeds familiarity’ which means that sometimes things that are completely profound, can lose some of their depth and meaning [for us] simply because we see them so many times that we get used to them and possibly skim over them and [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-29T15:00:19+02:00March 29th, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, inspire-ations, psalms, Uncategorized, what i am reading|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 22ish

DAY 22ish As Easter approaches, i think it will be great for some of our reflections to be reminded of some key stories from the life of Jesus. i imagine that for most of us these stories are well-known and sometimes we get so familiar with them that we may miss something new God has to say or something old He wants to remind us of. Task: As you read this story from the life [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-28T08:22:09+02:00March 28th, 2014|activities, bible things, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized, what i am reading|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 21ish

DAY 21ish This is a follow on from yesterday and so if you didn't do that one you will need to backpedal a day and catchup. The challenge was to reflect and write something down. Or create something. Task: Today's task is simply to share what you came up with yesterday with someone - can be in the comments section on today's blog which would be great, but if it was more personal then pick [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-27T03:07:36+02:00March 27th, 2014|activities, inspire-ations, poems and other creativity, Uncategorized|2 Comments

40ish Days of Lent: Days 19ish

DAY 19ish As we start a new week, let us continue to really spend some time each day observing the Lent period leading up to Easter as we prepare for the reminder of what Jesus' death and resurrection means to our day to day lives. Task: Read through and meditate on the lyrics of this Tim Hughes worship song [featuring Brooke Fraser] and then give it a listen, remembering a time [it may be now] [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-24T07:01:10+02:00March 24th, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, worship|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Days 17-18

As we head into the weekend i have combined today and tomorrow into one post. Please use accordingly. They say 'Familiarity breeds contempt' although i would say sometimes that 'Familiarity breeds familiarity' which means that sometimes things that are completely profound, can lose some of their depth and meaning [for us] simply because we see them so many times that we get used to them and possibly skim over them and in one way take [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-22T05:03:04+02:00March 22nd, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 16ish

DAY 16ish On day 1 of this Lent observance the task was to pray for your enemies and i imagine some people would have been all, 'But i don't have any enemies' and others might have been tempted to send out a generic, 'God please bless all my enemies' prayer to cover them all. Well, if you really don't have anyone who you don't like or who doesn't like you [whether you would specifically call them [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-21T07:47:29+02:00March 21st, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 15ish

DAY 15ish received this in an email from someone i don't really know so well on the book of faces and figured it was a good reflection to have on this day: Task: Join with me in praying this Lent Prayer “Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.” JOHN 11 Jesus then said, "I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-20T11:01:35+02:00March 20th, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 14ish

DAY 14ish Task: Today is a simple but profound one. Intentionally show gratitude to someone for something you tend to take for granted. I know we have looked at Gratitude already in this series, but i really want to take it a step deeper and for us to really look for someone in our day who does something for us and probably does not get thanked or appreciated or maybe even noticed. Imagine if we [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-19T08:55:05+02:00March 19th, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|1 Comment

40ish Days of Lent: Day 13ish

There have still been people joining us in this Lent Observance and so a quick shout out to you. Glad to have you with us... My apologies for the break in Lent Observance transmissions, but we were away this weekend at Yosemite. Tough break huh? Anyways, will be on track again from today and have revised the series name to 40ish Days of Lent - let's see just how far we get. DAY 13 So [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-18T07:44:59+02:00March 18th, 2014|activities, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|1 Comment

40 Days of Lent: Days 10-12

DAY 10-12 It is the weekend, and tbV and Aaron and Sarah and myself are having to Yosemite for the weekend to stay in a Yurt [look it up!], and it might be partially enforced for us, but I want to encourage you to try this for a couple of hours, or a day, or if you’re really feeling brave, the whole weekend. Task: unplug yourself from the screens... Turn off the television, step away [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-14T14:28:03+02:00March 14th, 2014|activities, adventures, God stuff, inspire-ations, Uncategorized|1 Comment