Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:22:09 +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 your inner critic works for you… https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-your-inner-critic-works-for-you/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-your-inner-critic-works-for-you/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6705 It’s a generalisation to be sure, but roughly speaking you can divide people into two categories – those whose inner critic is frantically busy, leaving them demotivated, insecure and perpetually dissatisfied, and those who don’t appear to have an inner critic – or if they do, have one who is unobservant and perpetually on holiday, […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-your-inner-critic-works-for-you/feed/ 2 6705 Thermometer or Thermostat? Dancing between the Two https://brianharrisauthor.com/thermometer-or-thermostat-dancing-between-the-two/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/thermometer-or-thermostat-dancing-between-the-two/#respond Sat, 03 Oct 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6692 Are you more commonly a thermometer or a thermostat? Put differently, are you more likely to reflect the temperature in the room, or set it? It’s a question I find challenging, and wonder if you will join me as I think aloud about it. One of the markers of likely success is the trait of […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/thermometer-or-thermostat-dancing-between-the-two/feed/ 0 6692 When Every Life Matters: A Reminder from the Homeless https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-every-life-matters-a-reminder-from-the-homeless/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-every-life-matters-a-reminder-from-the-homeless/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6678 During our holiday we got to spend two nights in Seattle. Our hotel was a short stroll from the truly impressive Seattle Central Library with its extraordinary architecture – a creative mixture of glass, steel, large open spaces and unusual angles. Bibliophile that I am I couldn’t resist a visit and thought I’d get a […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-every-life-matters-a-reminder-from-the-homeless/feed/ 4 6678 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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