life to the full : Brett Fish

new year’s evolutions to consider part vii [dream and help others live theirs]

DREAM, AND HELP OTHERS REACH THEIRS following on closely from helping others to laugh more and find their joy is to dream and be part of other people reaching theirs [especially those who maybe grew up thinking that they weren't even allowed to dream] - this makes me think immediately of people and things like brendan, val and many others and uThando leNkosi place of safety [http://www.uthandolenkosi.co.za] of my friend heather wonnacott and linawo children's [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-05T06:55:59+02:00January 5th, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|1 Comment

new year’s evolutions to consider part iv [spending time, money, energy]

continuing with this series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: SPEND YOUR MONEY [AND TIME AND ENERGY] WELL: this one follows on from yesterday's live in the present (with the future in [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-03T05:09:51+02:00January 3rd, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|2 Comments

new year’s evolutions to consider part iii [the past, present, future]

continuing with this series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: DEAL WITH THE PAST, BUT LIVE IN THE PRESENT, WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND wo, that seems a little complicated, but really [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-02T10:51:08+02:00January 2nd, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff, life|3 Comments

new year’s evolutions to consider part ii [the wrong people]

so i have started a series of new year’s evolutions – with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of ‘i wish this for next year’ to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my next evolution suggestion is this: HANG OUT WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE! wait, you mean 'DON'T hang out with the wrong people', right? i meant "hang [...]

By brettfish|2012-01-01T08:53:43+02:00January 1st, 2012|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, God stuff|2 Comments

new year's evolutions to consider part i [the right people]

so yesterday i posted about new year's evolutions - with the idea of moving beyond a dream list of 'i wish this for next year' to some specific steps and actions to put into place to help you transform yourself into a better person in 2012. and my first evolution suggestion is this: HANG OUT WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE different people have different capacity for friendship and so everyone i imagine has different levels or [...]

By brettfish|2011-12-31T10:59:23+02:00December 31st, 2011|activities, challenging thorts, change the world, friends and enemas, inspire-ations, life|1 Comment

grow up and become a child

on Christmas day, tbV and i went to visit a church called Epic that our friends Cody and Lyndsey go to and really had a great time - they meet in a cinema and we were greeted with good coffee and donuts, so pretty much everything i look for in a church [harr!] and then we found the one thing we had been missing in a bunch of churches we have visited since being in [...]

By brettfish|2011-12-27T05:31:55+02:00December 27th, 2011|activities, challenging thorts, church, God stuff, inspire-ations, thorts of other people|1 Comment

can i not just start enjoying this big thing now?

not to be confused with 'can't i just enjoy this big thing first?' some people refuse to let go of stuff. and it kills them. some people it actually genuinely physically kills them, cos you can trace ulcers and other stress-related diseases and conditions to the unforgiveness and disappointments that they held onto for a considerable amount of their lives someone once said "holding onto unforgiveness is like drinking a cup of poison and hoping [...]

By brettfish|2011-02-13T12:58:40+02:00February 13th, 2011|challenging thorts, God stuff, life, people, relationships, shtupidt people|2 Comments

getting back in the fire

used this analogy at youth group i spoke at on Friday - amazing bunch of young people in the lesser known place of Factreton - and then completely convicted during worship singing time in church yesterday morning about how not there i am - making amends this week... log in the middle of a fire - burns solidly, adds to warmth and function of fire log on edge of fire - still burning but maybe [...]

By brettfish|2010-07-26T06:01:46+02:00July 26th, 2010|God stuff, life|0 Comments

yearning your way to be a better church

in this amazing book 'Exiles' by Michael Frost i am reading i came upon this quote today by antoine de saint-exupery - 'If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs and organise the work. Teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.' if they build it they will come kind of idea - another move in the big what is church wrestling currently taking place [...]

By brettfish|2010-07-20T11:17:00+02:00July 20th, 2010|change the world, church, God stuff, what i am reading|0 Comments

time for the spark to catch

at our enGAGE gathering last nite, MJ reminded us of this vineyard song where the chorus goes something like: Bring me back to the place where i love the cross Bring me back to the place where i’m on my knees Bring me back to an undivided heart Oh Jesus, bring me back to You it's a fantastic reminder of a phenomenally good place to return to regularly

By brettfish|2010-06-28T13:59:25+02:00June 28th, 2010|change the world, God stuff|1 Comment