By: Brian Harris
We all have to deal with disappointment. Continue reading “Finding Your Way Through Disappointment”
Finding Your Way Through Disappointment
The Darkest Night: Making Sense of Life’s Hardest Seasons
By: Brian Harris
About 40 years ago an older friend spoke to me about “the dark night of the soul” that he was going through. Continue reading “The Darkest Night: Making Sense of Life’s Hardest Seasons”
Truth Telling: Are Your Words Weapons or a Healing Balm?
By: Brian Harris
I have a few mantras I trot out often enough to be annoying. Continue reading “Truth Telling: Are Your Words Weapons or a Healing Balm?”
Leaders As Weight Carriers
By: Brian Harris
I’ve been thinking about leadership lately – perhaps not too surprising as I have a book coming out on the topic, Stirrers and Saints. Continue reading “Leaders As Weight Carriers”
“Easter Cancelled! They’ve Found the Body!”
By: Brian Harris
Graffiti was an art form during my university days. It adorned three of the walls of every toilet cubicle. Continue reading ““Easter Cancelled! They’ve Found the Body!””
Easter: With Head and Heart
By: Brian Harris
Here are some Easter musings from my book Could this be God? Bumping into God in the Everyday. Continue reading “Easter: With Head and Heart”
Guarding God’s Reputation: Is God a Moral Monster?
By: Brian Harris
Like many who went to school in the sixties and seventies, my day started with an assembly at which the Lord’s prayer was said. Continue reading “Guarding God’s Reputation: Is God a Moral Monster?”
Because You Are Called
By: Brian Harris
Through some slightly unusual circumstances I’ve been asked to preach on the same topic (at different churches) for a few weeks in a row. Continue reading “Because You Are Called”
How ‘Framing’ Helps us See Beauty in the Ordinary
By: Brian Harris
In his insightful book The Remarkable Ordinary, Frederick Buechner observes that artists get us to see things by putting a frame around them, effectively saying, “stop and notice me”. Continue reading “How ‘Framing’ Helps us See Beauty in the Ordinary”
Ways to Disagree: Punchers, Blockers, Embracers and Pioneers
By: Brian Harris
We all know how shrill public discourse has been these last few years. Continue reading “Ways to Disagree: Punchers, Blockers, Embracers and Pioneers”