Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:33:37 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/brianharrisauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-brianharrisauthor-favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/ 32 32 93416650 When the Mountain is You: Three Habits that Lead to Self-Sabotage https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-the-mountain-is-you-the-art-of-avoiding-self-sabotage/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-the-mountain-is-you-the-art-of-avoiding-self-sabotage/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6541 Most of us (and I include myself here) are instinctive blamers. When something goes wrong, it’s obvious whose fault it is. It’s theirs, and if it wasn’t for them, life would be so much better. The trouble is that every now and then we realise that that simply isn’t true. It is alleged that when […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-the-mountain-is-you-the-art-of-avoiding-self-sabotage/feed/ 2 6541 On Turning 69… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-turning-69/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-turning-69/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6529 My long term readers will know that as the 13th of July approaches I write a reflection on turning a year older. It’s part of my attempt to follow the instruction of Ps 90:12 “Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom“. And yes, a day after this post […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-turning-69/feed/ 10 6529 On Searching Your Heart: Reflections on Psalm 4:4 https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-searching-your-heart-reflections-on-psalm-44/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-searching-your-heart-reflections-on-psalm-44/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6518 Recently I have been taking time to reflect more deeply on a few verses of scripture that have spoken to me. The latest is Psalm 4:4 “when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent”. I love the “and be silent” at the end. In other words, search your hearts, but don’t […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-searching-your-heart-reflections-on-psalm-44/feed/ 4 6518 To be Known and Remembered: Reflections on Psalm 103:14 https://brianharrisauthor.com/to-be-known-and-remembered-reflections-on-psalm-10314/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/to-be-known-and-remembered-reflections-on-psalm-10314/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6498 Sometimes a verse from the Bible jumps out at me and I know I need to journey with it. I’ve always loved Psalm 103, but verse 14 recently spoke to me in a fresh way: “for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.” Immediately before the Psalmist had reassured us […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/to-be-known-and-remembered-reflections-on-psalm-10314/feed/ 4 6498 Permanence, Pervasiveness and Agency: Three Questions that help to get things into perspective https://brianharrisauthor.com/permanence-pervasiveness-and-agency-three-questions-that-help-to-get-things-into-perspective/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/permanence-pervasiveness-and-agency-three-questions-that-help-to-get-things-into-perspective/#respond Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6487 The old ditto goes “Two men looked out through prison bars, the one saw mud, the other, stars”. I have always been intrigued by the very different responses people have to the same situation. What is a catastrophe for one, is an exciting adventure for another, what leads to a response of indifference from one […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/permanence-pervasiveness-and-agency-three-questions-that-help-to-get-things-into-perspective/feed/ 0 6487 On Beauty, Tragedy and New Possibilities… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-beauty-tragedy-and-new-possibilities/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-beauty-tragedy-and-new-possibilities/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6477 Being in a brief nomadic phase, the final touches still being added to our new home, we decided a trip to Tasmania was in order. It’s been a great decision. I’ve only been here once before, and that was on a speaking tour which allowed limited time to explore the natural beauty. For Rosemary it […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-beauty-tragedy-and-new-possibilities/feed/ 0 6477 On saying goodbye to a loved home… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-saying-goodbye-to-a-much-loved-home/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-saying-goodbye-to-a-much-loved-home/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6466 As I write, our home packers are filling boxes and blanketing furniture. Tomorrow the removal van will whisk our earthly goods into storage for a month as we wait for our new home to be completed. When you read this it’s likely that our possessions will be in storage and we will be in our […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-saying-goodbye-to-a-much-loved-home/feed/ 2 6466 Building in a Pause: Observing, Welcoming and Naming as a Path to Spiritual Growth https://brianharrisauthor.com/to-own-the-season-observing-welcoming-and-naming/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/to-own-the-season-observing-welcoming-and-naming/#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6453 I’ve spend a fair amount of time thinking about spiritual formation – perhaps not too surprising since I’ve written a book on it (Stirrers and Saints) and have spent most of my life as a pastor or trainer of pastors. Naturally I always point people back to the tried and trusted resources of scripture, prayer, […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/making-virtue-virtuous-again/feed/ 0 6442 Design, Discipline and Delight: The D’s that Drive Difference https://brianharrisauthor.com/design-discipline-and-delight-the-ds-that-drive-difference/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/design-discipline-and-delight-the-ds-that-drive-difference/#comments Sat, 16 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6431 You’ve probably heard that discipline is one of the most accurate predictors of long term success. And it is – especially if it is the resilient kind of discipline that accepts that life has its disappointments and lows, and that not everything runs to plan. Having the resilience and discipline to persevere during those times […]

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