Comments on: Ka Mua, Ka Muri – Walking backwards into the future https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:17:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/#comment-5030 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 23:43:28 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1674#comment-5030 In reply to Silvia Purdie.

Thanks Silvia. I appreciate your comments and have made the changes lest others duplicate my error.

]]> By: Silvia Purdie https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/#comment-5029 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:33:18 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1674#comment-5029 Great article, I’m pleased I found it and I look forward to hearing more from you in the future.
Can I just correct the Maori proverb; the word ‘mura’ does not exist in Maori, to the best of my knowledge (unless it’s a dialect thing). The word is ‘mua’. Fascinatingly, the sense of the proverb is contained within the deep structure and meaning of these two words – ‘mua’ refers to what is in front, and also means the past, while ‘muri’ refers to what is behind, and also means the future!

]]> By: Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/#comment-4514 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:59:23 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1674#comment-4514 In reply to Barry austin.

Thanks Barry. An important insight and a reminder that faith is birthed in the midst of uncertainty – it really wouldn’t be faith otherwise.

]]> By: Michael https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/#comment-4513 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:49:24 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1674#comment-4513 Thank you Brian……Blessings to you all

]]> By: Barry austin https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/#comment-4512 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:26:42 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1674#comment-4512 All great points….. I would add one along the lines that we must become accepting of the fact that life is uncertain. Things have, and usually will, come at us from left field. This was a significant experience in OT times!
A promise of certainty in life is not a realistic reflection of life.

]]> By: Phillip Nash https://brianharrisauthor.com/ka-mura-ka-muri-walking-backwards-into-the-future/#comment-4510 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:14:13 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1674#comment-4510 Thanks Brian – a touch of nostalgia from me to be reminded again of some significant Maori sayings. I love this one and as a history teacher from way back – it held a special interest. Scripture often reminds us of the importance of the past while pointing us toward a better future – pity so many today only grasp half the message.

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