Tag Archive for: Brian Harris

The Darkest Night: Making Sense of Life’s Hardest Seasons

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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. Read more

Truth Telling: Are Your Words Weapons or a Healing Balm?

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By: Brian Harris

I have a few mantras I trot out often enough to be annoying. Read more

Leaders As Weight Carriers

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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. Read more

“Easter Cancelled! They’ve Found the Body!”

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By: Brian Harris

Graffiti was an art form during my university days. It adorned three of the walls of every toilet cubicle. Read more

Guarding God’s Reputation: Is God a Moral Monster?

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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. Read more

Because You Are Called

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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. Read more

How ‘Framing’ Helps us See Beauty in the Ordinary

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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”. Read more

Ways to Disagree: Punchers, Blockers, Embracers and Pioneers

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By: Brian Harris

We all know how shrill public discourse has been these last few years. Read more

Change Comes Through Little Victories

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By: Brian Harris

We sometimes think everything would change if we managed to get a major breakthrough in some troubling area of our life. Read more