Brett “Fish” Anderson's Blog, page 23
June 30, 2015
Poem: Toying with the Idea at Hand
Toying with the Idea at Hand the unholy matrimony of knees falling to the ground as the king rides past in the background the flag is being hoisted and draped over the crossbeams of the steeple as i hear my words pledging their allegiance i dip my hand into the offering box and draw out […]
June 29, 2015
After the rain…
You go away on a houseboat for a week, come back home, turn on your computer and it’s like a paint factory sneezed all over Facebook. Or something like that. Actually the graphic on my buddy Steve Heineman’s page expressed it best: And i think enough has been said from either side of the rainbow […]
June 28, 2015
the betrayal of Doctor Who
It has been so great being back in Americaland for a month for a number of reasons. One of those has been finding the opportunity to watch the first Peter Capaldi season of Doctor Who, which i finally finished last night. He can stay. As with the other doctors it felt like it took him […]
June 27, 2015
Poem: To Church
Just got back from an incredibly insane week with Creekside Church youth on Houseboats on Lake Shasta and had some time while i was there to stick some words together: To Church why run after what you can simply choose to be? oasis of mirage in a sun-drenched desert dessert of list-filled proportions served to […]
June 21, 2015
Charleston, we remembered
It was the smallest of deals, it was quite possibly the biggest of deals. This morning i’d been asked to share a little about church at a house church meeting of a friend of mine – never met the group before and only knew the leader through a camp i spoke on last year for […]
Why i believe local church is not all of the answer
In Acts 7 in the bible, we read about the stoning of Stephen. Does anyone know what role Stephen had in the early church? Let me give you a clue: In Acts 6.5 we see him described as “a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit”. So what did he do? Are we thinking […]
June 20, 2015
How to Craft a South African Kaleidoscope
i just read a really helpful piece by Brene Brown titled, ‘Own our History. Change the story’ which is focused on Americaland which has what feels like a completely different story, when it comes to present race issues, in many ways, but also some remarkably similar overlaps. Owning our stories is standing in our truth. […]
June 19, 2015
i CEO what you did there.
So last night a group of CEO’s got together in Johannesburg for the 702 Sun International CEO Sleepout which took place in Sandton [absolutely no irony there]. As i am in Americaland at the moment i only knew about it from the Twitterer and then was only able to get glimpses of what was happening […]
In the wake of Charleston
We are angry. We grieve, mourn, weep. But we also choose to remember these dear sisters and brothers. Rest in peace. Cynthia Hurd [54] Tywanza Sanders [26] Sharonda Singleton [45] Myra Thompson [59] Ethel Lance [70] Susie Jackson [87] DePayne Doctor [49] Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr [74] Rev. Clementa Pinckney [41] [From Eugene Cho, who […]
June 18, 2015
a time to laugh and a time to speak
Last night a small group of us gathered at a friend’s house for a bit of a farewell celebration. Our buddy JT Burns was leaving the state of California and heading home for new adventures and possibilities. So there we were, a small group of us huddled around an outside fire pit, drinking beer and […]
