incarnation Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/incarnation/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 01:08:05 +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 incarnation Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/incarnation/ 32 32 93416650 Towards a Theology of Personal Development (4): Because the Body is a Temple… https://brianharrisauthor.com/towards-a-theology-of-personal-development-4-because-the-body-is-a-temple/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/towards-a-theology-of-personal-development-4-because-the-body-is-a-temple/#respond Sat, 23 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5821 It’s interesting how some Bible verses get emphasised in one era, are then almost forgotten about in the next, before making a bit of a comeback. 1 Cor 6:19-20 fits into this category: “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/towards-a-theology-of-personal-development-4-because-the-body-is-a-temple/feed/ 0 5821 Refresh: From Theodicy to Theophany… https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-from-theodicy-to-theophany/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-from-theodicy-to-theophany/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5474 Today’s Refresh clearly wins the prize for “Most obscure blog title in 2022”. Sorry about that! But the journey it discusses is important, perhaps even liberating. I hope you find it helpful. This was first posted on 13 Feb 2022. Refresh: From Theodicy to Theophany Ok, I admit the title of this post is not […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-from-theodicy-to-theophany/feed/ 0 5474 Our Many Coloured Days: On the Brown, Grey and Purple Ones… https://brianharrisauthor.com/our-many-coloured-days-on-the-brown-grey-and-purple-ones/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/our-many-coloured-days-on-the-brown-grey-and-purple-ones/#comments Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5307 I imagine that many of my readers are Dr Seuss fans. What’s not to like about him, green eggs and ham, the Grinch, and all the rest we are introduced to in Theodor Geisel’s wonderful world? Among my favourites are My Many Coloured Days, which attaches a colour to the different moods we encounter in […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/our-many-coloured-days-on-the-brown-grey-and-purple-ones/feed/ 2 5307 On waiting for surgery at the end of the year… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-waiting-for-surgery-at-the-end-of-the-year/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-waiting-for-surgery-at-the-end-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5217 If anyone asks for a wise word at the start of a year, here is one you might like to pass along. If you’re going to get sick, don’t do it between Christmas and New Year. I’ve made the mistake of doing so, and oh my, it has been frustrating. In my last blog I […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-waiting-for-surgery-at-the-end-of-the-year/feed/ 18 5217 Story or Plot: On Christmas and Purpose… https://brianharrisauthor.com/story-or-plot-finding-purpose-in-the-flow-of-life/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/story-or-plot-finding-purpose-in-the-flow-of-life/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4590 EM Foster wisely noted the difference between a story and a plot. “The king died and then the queen died” is a story. It’s a chronological sequence of events. However, it becomes a plot if you add two words, “The king died and then the queen died of grief.” Plot suggests cause and effect. A […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/story-or-plot-finding-purpose-in-the-flow-of-life/feed/ 2 4590 Preachers or story tellers? https://brianharrisauthor.com/preachers-or-story-tellers/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/preachers-or-story-tellers/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4514 Though the title might make you think this post is aimed at church preachers, it isn’t. It was a comment made in a podcast exploring communication styles. The podcaster suggested that there is a preacher and a story teller in each of us, and that we need to soften the preacher and develop the story […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/preachers-or-story-tellers/feed/ 4 4514 The Voice https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-voice/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-voice/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4456 You have probably heard that on 14 October Australian voters will take part in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum to approve an alteration to the Australian Constitution to create a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice that “may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government … on matters relating to Aboriginal […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-voice/feed/ 7 4456 Prolonging the Incarnation of Christ… https://brianharrisauthor.com/prolonging-the-incarnation-of-christ/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/prolonging-the-incarnation-of-christ/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4415 It was a comment in a Nomad podcast on the thought of Ivan Illich that I’ve been thinking about ever since: “The Christian vocation is to prolong the incarnation of Christ.” Ponder the sentiment. Those speaking readily acknowledged that a cheap and easy pushback is possible. “How audacious to think we can somehow prolong the […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/prolonging-the-incarnation-of-christ/feed/ 4 4415 Coram Deo: Living in the sight of God… https://brianharrisauthor.com/coram-deo-living-in-the-sight-of-god/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/coram-deo-living-in-the-sight-of-god/#comments Sat, 17 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4342 While I am by no means a Latin expert, there is a Latin phrase I love. Given you’ve seen the title of the post, it won’t come as a surprise that it’s “coram Deo”, which essentially claims that all of life takes place in the sight of God. We live and move and have our […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/coram-deo-living-in-the-sight-of-god/feed/ 5 4342 Just because it’s Christmas (change the world) https://brianharrisauthor.com/just-because-its-christmas-change-the-world/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/just-because-its-christmas-change-the-world/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4072 Just because it’s Christmas a whole lot of things are going to happen. Many people will double (or treble) their calorie intake. A phenomenal number of gifts will be exchanged. Some will be greatly treasured, others will provoke a startled “Why would you think I would want that?”; several are likely to be in the […]

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