faith Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/faith/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:17:30 +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 faith Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/faith/ 32 32 93416650 On proceeding as the way opens… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-proceeding-as-the-way-opens/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-proceeding-as-the-way-opens/#comments Sat, 17 May 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5587 You might know the lovely Quaker saying, “Proceed as the way opens.” In a risk averse era, one where we want absolute clarity and know that we are liable if we forget to read the small print, this is a gentle prompt to accept the ambiguity of life, and to remember that everything isn’t known […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-proceeding-as-the-way-opens/feed/ 4 5587 Why we need confident humility and humble confidence https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-we-need-confident-humility-and-humble-confidence/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-we-need-confident-humility-and-humble-confidence/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5411 It seems counter-intuitive to say we need confident humility or humble confidence, but bear with me. It’s not as absurd as it may sound, and there is more than enough research to confirm that the best leaders are confident and inspire confidence when they are also personally humble. Why are both needed, and does it […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-we-need-confident-humility-and-humble-confidence/feed/ 1 5411 The Eternal Trio: Faith, Hope and Love https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-eternal-trio-faith-hope-and-love/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-eternal-trio-faith-hope-and-love/#comments Sat, 17 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4989 It’s an incredibly bold claim that Paul makes at the end of what is one of the most beautiful passages of Scripture. In it Paul confidently asserts: “These three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor 13:13). In many ways it’s a surprising statement, especially given the wider […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-eternal-trio-faith-hope-and-love/feed/ 6 4989 The Thirty Proverbs Challenge: Formulating your Life Learnings. https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-thirty-proverbs-challenge-formulating-your-life-learnings/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-thirty-proverbs-challenge-formulating-your-life-learnings/#comments Sat, 03 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4974 Proverbs 22:20 reads, “I have written thirty sayings for you, filled with advice and knowledge.” What follows are a wide range of helpful insights from the noble “Do not rob the poor… for the Lord is their defender” (V22) to the controversial “Don’t fail to correct your children. They won’t die if you spank them” […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-thirty-proverbs-challenge-formulating-your-life-learnings/feed/ 6 4974 The power of “yet” and “not yet”… https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-power-of-yet-and-not-yet/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-power-of-yet-and-not-yet/#respond Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4830 They can be two such frustrating words. You hear the question:”Have you figured out how that new app works?” or “Have you worked out how to put that IKEA chair together?” You know the answer will be those two words: “Not yet!” They can be even more worrying: “Have you got the new job you’re […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-power-of-yet-and-not-yet/feed/ 0 4830 If You are Willing: On Power and Possibilities https://brianharrisauthor.com/if-you-are-willing-on-power-and-possibilities/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/if-you-are-willing-on-power-and-possibilities/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4388 In Matthew 8:2 a man with leprosy approaches Jesus not with the anticipated “will you heal me?” but a statement, “If you are willing you can heal me…” The man has no doubt about Jesus’ ability, just his willingness. It’s a little confronting. Perhaps he had heard of the man who had been an invalid […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/if-you-are-willing-on-power-and-possibilities/feed/ 1 4388 Remembering and Hope… https://brianharrisauthor.com/remembering-and-hope/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/remembering-and-hope/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4171 We live in an era of chronological snobbery, where only the most current is seen to be worthy of attention. Often we judge the past too severely, assuming every tool at our disposal was available to earlier generations and forgetting how much they did with so much less than we have. While I am convinced […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/remembering-and-hope/feed/ 2 4171 When Psalm 1 doesn’t work: Where questions and answers come from… https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-psalm-1-doesnt-work-where-questions-and-answers-come-from/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-psalm-1-doesnt-work-where-questions-and-answers-come-from/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:00:04 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1976 What do you do when Psalm 1 doesn’t work? Do you know the dilemma. Psalm 1 promises an orderly life that makes sense. Do the right thing, meditate on the Scriptures, keep the right company, love God, and in due season your life will flourish. It’s perfectly logical, and it works most of the time… […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-psalm-1-doesnt-work-where-questions-and-answers-come-from/feed/ 1 1976 Faith, Forgetting and Fruitfulness: Reflections on Genesis 41 https://brianharrisauthor.com/faith-forgetting-and-fruitfulness-reflections-on-genesis-41/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/faith-forgetting-and-fruitfulness-reflections-on-genesis-41/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2016 22:00:56 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1883 I was preaching on Genesis 41 yesterday. As I don’t expect you to be able to rattle off what that chapter is about, let me refresh your memory. Genesis 37 tells us that a 17 year old Joseph had a dream in which he saw his brothers bowing down to him. Offended by the arrogance of this […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/faith-forgetting-and-fruitfulness-reflections-on-genesis-41/feed/ 5 1883 When Faith Turns Ugly… A new book https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-new-book-when-faith-turns-ugly/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-new-book-when-faith-turns-ugly/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2016 22:00:53 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1705 My next book, When Faith Turns Ugly: Understanding Toxic Faith and How to Avoid It, is due out in a few weeks. Rather than write about it and tell you why I think it is important, I will let the preface speak for itself. Hopefully it will whet your appetite for more (and the book […]

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