https://brianharrisauthor.com/colliding-truths-living-with-paradox/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:17:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://brianharrisauthor.com/colliding-truths-living-with-paradox/#comment-4568 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 03:41:39 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1712#comment-4568 Every ‘want to be pastor’ should read this, it won’t be long before they are getting smacked around by the pendulum swing. Thanks Brian, this voices why I wake in the middle of the night, why every sermon is a challenge, every pastoral visit demands prep and reflection and planning and for the future takes time.

]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/colliding-truths-living-with-paradox/#comment-4567 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 02:14:20 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1712#comment-4567 This again reminds me of the need to live with uncertainty, as a quest for permanent balance also seems to be one for certainty in all situations! Surely we operate on the full spectrum of life’s options….. Wisdom is the necessary ingredient for decisions about where to operate at any given moment.

]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/colliding-truths-living-with-paradox/#comment-4566 Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:58:51 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1712#comment-4566 Such an incredibly helpful, humble and (can I say it) balanced article Brian. I’ve found responding to the colliding truths in my life has forced me to accept the mysteries of life. Learning to sit within the mystery has taught me that God provides innovative answers at the right time, if I trust Him. And that has been how I’ve learned–when I didn’t trust. So good is the mercy implicit in God’s grace when I admitted I was wrong, said my sorrys, and went about things differently. Your article embodies that sense for mystery and penitence.

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