Ever get the feeling, “There must be more than this!”?
My name is brett “FISH” anderson – welcome to my blog.
If you are someone who is passionate about living a significant life that makes a difference, then you’ve come to the right place.
i love God and i love people… and i continually try to do both better…
That is the main purpose of this blog – to provoke laughter and challenge and inspire and encourage and share ideas and wrestle and celebrate and mourn – as the tagline says, to really ‘suck the marrow out of life’.
From topics that are seldom discussed in church or maybe anywhere, to various aspects and stages of relationships, working through the Bible via blog or short video clip or just plain silliness through my Dangerous Things You Can Least Expect videos… it is all here, and more.
i don’t often fully ‘get’ God, and that’s okay – i have a saying that ‘God is bigger than my box, He’s bigger than my theology, bigger than my understanding, He’s bigger than me.’ a large part of my journey here will be seeking to know Him more.
i am married to the beautiful Val [tbV] and i own the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin called No_bob [because he doesn’t!] – anything else you can find out as we go along…
Following Jesus and laughing. you could have a worse life than that…
PLEASE feel free to comment or share or copy or forward – i LOVE it when people engage with what i write
But let’s try play nice.
Anticipating the journey…
Oh yes, and i just wrote and published a book about being and doing church better. i would not be sad if you bought it. Read more here.
If you’re at all interested in getting to know me a little better, here is a list that is growing towards 100 highlights of my life…
love brett Fish [where FISH stands for Faithful In Serving Him]
If you’re on the Twitterer, then please follow this blog @IrresistiblyFsh and come and say hi to me @brettfisha – i’m sure we’re going to have a whole lot of fun with this.
Irresistibly Fish 
Hi, nice to meet you !
Hi, I love your blog, and I’ve nominated you for a blog award.
Blessings 🙂
http://hodgepodge4thesoul.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/thank-you-the-blazing-trail/
I want to sit on that rock and look at all that space and meditate. Awe….
The blessing of the Lord be on you; I bless you in the name of the Lord.
Lord, bless Brett, his ministry, this blog, everyone who shares their testimony and the relationships of all who read these posts. May they ever grow closer to you and one another. Continue to give them the courage and strength to share their stories. In the words of Genesis 12:2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.” AMEN
Thanks for dropping by
Brett! Saw your comment on anne marie miller’s blog post and came to check out your site! This is one of those rare occasions where the internet has proven to be a small world, and I’m so happy about it 🙂
thankx A, but you got to be more specific, which Alyssa are you? i know more than one and your blog wouldn’t give it up…thankx for the blog love…
I love your blog! It’s so hard to find clean humor these days. Your writing is a breath of fresh air. Please drop by and visit me! it’s clean, it’s family friendly, and sometimes it’s mortifying, just like being a parent. Be blessed! http://semanticsister.blogspot.com
thank you so much – really appreciate the kind words – am about to head out the door for a weekend away but will definitely try swing past your blog and take a look next week!
Loved reading your thoughts. Nice blog!!
ah, thankx so much Scinia, thankx for stopping by – hope we see you more…
Interesting blog you’ve got here! Saw you on Momastery; how did you find Glennon?
Ah, thank you for visiting. I love me some Sarah Bessey actually and arrived via a tweet. Check out the Taboo Topics tab on my site if you get a chance – done amazing stories on told that are rarely spoken of. Where do you know her from?
I found Glennon and Momastery a little over a year ago. Months before that, I had made a donation to and looked into volunteering with Project Home Indy, the place for homeless teen moms who were the beneficiaries of a big Love Flash Mob last year. It was on PHI’s site that I saw the “she’s coming! She’s coming!” and I decided I’d check out who “she” was. The rest, as they say, is history. I still haven’t read all her past blogs, as I keep intending to do.
Had not heard of Sarah Bessey prior to what G just posted. One of the “problems” with Momastery is that there are way too many links to follow to other good blogs as well as titles of books to add to my pile of “must get to these.”
Absolutely, like series on Netflix these days, too many good ones to do them all – so much great writing out there – the bonus and curse of the internet – so good to pick one of two favourites and then keep an eye or twitterer feed out for other gems along the way…
Not on Twitter, in part because I can’t keep up with Facebook/links to good sites. Also don’t have my phone on/with me constantly and don’t intend to become permanently attached to it. 🙂 Don’t have Netflix, either…don’t know if I will do that or not, since the price keeps going up. Would like to get to more of this books first.
Hey there. Thank you so much for stopping by. If you get a chance you should try check out the Taboo Topic tab as there are some incredible stories from a variety of people on topic we seldom talk about. I found that particular post via Sarah Bessey actually through the Twitterer as I am quite a fan of hers.
All the best
Love Brett FISH
“i don’t often fully ‘get’ God, and that’s okay”
I like you already.
I love God and I love people and I continually try to do both better. Are you a younger male me? I admit I vacillate about Sarah Bessey, but I like that she dropped the “In which I. . .” from her blog posts. That was beginning to make my eyes sting. Also, I’m here because you were kind to lilyan (sp?) who was discouraged about the lack of lasting effect from a viral post. I gravitate to kindness.
Cheers
Thankx for stopping by Kelly. Lily is a recently new friend of mine and i am a big fan and it is easy to cheer her on. a younger male you? hm, i have never been accused of that before. i don’t know older female you so i will have to wait a little on that one but you seem friendly and encouraging so i’ll take it! i love the idea of gravitating towards kindness – i am more of a kindness to the extreme where it’s due but also challenge/rebuke/caution where necessary…
and totally on the eye-stinging – LOVE me some Sarah Bessey though…
love brett fish
I love this blog, I love your writing and honesty, and how you’ve made it a safe space for people to discuss the touchiest of topics. Will be back for more, keep up the amazing work!
oh wow, thank you, what great words
been amazing watching friends and strangers share stories on topics that people rarely speak about [take a look at the Taboo Topics tab if you didn’t get there yet!] and hoping to make it more into that thing you have described
see you around
love brett fish
Hi Bret, thanks for stopping by my blog and thank you for your great advice.
Ah absolutely. Come by anytime and bring back my missing T.
ha ha
love brett fish
Sorry Brett
That’s better. At ease soldier.
As you were…
Hi, Brett – I just learned about your blog. Some good stuff here; I look forward to following and reading more! I haven’t met you, but I sort of know V. (I’m also V, but don’t tell anyone, okay?)
Hit the stupid post button too fast. Meant to say, please tell your V I say hi, and if she’s blogging again I’d love to know the link – I’ve lost it.
Oh yay, nice to ‘meet’ you and hope you find some helpful stuff here. Bring all your friends…
Hi Brett. I’m a South African living in Italy. Yes, we decided to leave when my hubby was retrenched. Little chance of finding work as a 48-year-old white male in human resources. Your blog intrigues me and I look forward to reading more and hearing the voices you are sharing. Regards, Margie
Thank you for visiting, Margie. I imagine that must have been a tough decision. Good to have you here. Hope you enjoy.
When I was still in high school, I used to love the articles you wrote for ‘Truth’ magazine, to the point that I sometimes tore them out to keep! It’s good to see that you are still writing! I’m excited to read your book 🙂
Oh wow yay, high praise Claire, thank you and look forward to hearing if you enjoy it or not…
Digging your vibes, keep it up!
Thank you. Digging your usage of the word vibes!
Hey!
I have nominated you for the 3 Days, 3 Quotes Challenge. Check it out here: https://ultimatelibrophile.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/3-days-3-quotes-challenge-1/
Hi, nice to meet you! I am Sherry, also a blogger from wordpress. Do you mind checking out my blog? http://www.storiesbysherry.wordpress.com Thanks! I would be indeed happy to have you to come! ^_^
Ohhh! I just looked at your ‘Monthly archives’ before I left, and surprisingly, we started on the same month! August! High-five!
Ha ha nice one. Blog twins! Thanks for stopping by.
Ha. ^_^