Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:36:11 +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 Airport Time… All Seven Hours of It https://brianharrisauthor.com/airport-time/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/airport-time/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6669 Airports are genuinely fascinating. On the one hand they are a business like any other – transporting people or freight from one point to another – better airlines doing so in the notified timeframe and with all people and goods intact. But oh my, the stories behind the trips people are taking are not all […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/airport-time/feed/ 0 6669 On waiting: Reflections on a Cruise https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-waiting/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-waiting/#respond Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6660 Rosemary and I are currently on holiday in the US and Canada, presently on a cruise from Philadelphia to Quebec to be more precise. Our journey started with a few hiccups. A passenger on our flight out of Perth tried to lift his bag into the hold, discovered it was too heavy for him, and […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-waiting/feed/ 0 6660 Rose, Bud, Thorns – Because Perspective Matters https://brianharrisauthor.com/rose-bud-thorns-because-perspective-matters/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/rose-bud-thorns-because-perspective-matters/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2026 22:45:58 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6645 Roses are beautiful, but the most spectacular ones have thorns. It makes sense. Something as exquisite as a rose needs some protecting, for though lovely, they are delicate and vulnerable, and need some safguarding from grasping hands which might clutch their blooms without thought or heed. I recently led a leadership strategic planning day and […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/rose-bud-thorns-because-perspective-matters/feed/ 2 6645 On the Death of a Sister: Remembering Sheila https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-the-death-of-a-sister-remembering-sheila/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-the-death-of-a-sister-remembering-sheila/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:08:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6621 Last week was almost a really good week. So many things had gone right. A work project finished; I’d preached well on Sunday (well that’s what I thought); a lovely lunch with the family; a celebration of a friends 70th birthday (his wife wrote such a funny, lovely poem about him); and lots to look […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-the-death-of-a-sister-remembering-sheila/feed/ 33 6621 What Really Matters: A Micah 6:8 Summary… https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-really-matters-a-micah-68-summary/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-really-matters-a-micah-68-summary/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6606 I get to preach at my home church today, kicking off a series “Minor Prophets: Major Justice” which gives a 7 week sweep of Micah to Malachi. I’ve been reading and rereading Micah and have decided to approach the message through the lens of “What this book teaches us about God”. I’ve come up with […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-really-matters-a-micah-68-summary/feed/ 2 6606 A Proverb to Ponder: Listen to Your Body – It Whispers Before it Shouts… https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-proverb-to-ponder-listen-to-your-body-it-whispers-before-it-shouts/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-proverb-to-ponder-listen-to-your-body-it-whispers-before-it-shouts/#respond Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6590 With my last two posts having questioned some proverbs and contemporary mantras, a couple of you asked me what proverbs I think are valid. Here’s one I am thinking of using in my next book Thirty Proverbs to Live By. It’s Listen to your body: It whispers before it shouts. You might not believe this, […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-proverb-to-ponder-listen-to-your-body-it-whispers-before-it-shouts/feed/ 0 6590 When Wisdom isn’t Wise: Some Modern Assumptions to Query https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-wisdom-isnt-wise-some-modern-assumptions-to-query/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-wisdom-isnt-wise-some-modern-assumptions-to-query/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6577 Last week I looked at a few proverbs that are now beyond their use by date. In its own way each is rather oppressive. Are you one of my diligent readers who remembers the three I looked at? Curiosity killed the cat; Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never harm you; […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-wisdom-isnt-wise-some-modern-assumptions-to-query/feed/ 4 6577 When Wisdom isn’t Wisdom: Proverbs and Sayings to Challenge https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-wisdom-isnt-wisdom-proverbs-and-saying-to-challenge/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-wisdom-isnt-wisdom-proverbs-and-saying-to-challenge/#respond Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6563 People often ask what my new writing project is and I tell them I’m working on 30 Proverbs to Live By. It still has a fair way to go, but I like the idea of a book that gives a key thought to ponder each day of the month (and a favourite one to come […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-wisdom-isnt-wisdom-proverbs-and-saying-to-challenge/feed/ 0 6563 Because God is with You… https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-god-is-with-you/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-god-is-with-you/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6554 A pastor whom I respect greatly emailed me and instead of finishing with a friendly “all the best” or a more formal “yours sincerely” said simply, “God is with you.” At the time I found it very encouraging and told him so the next time we met. He replied “I end all my emails that […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-god-is-with-you/feed/ 0 6554 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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