prayer Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/prayer/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:12:16 +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 prayer Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/prayer/ 32 32 93416650 On Turning 69… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-turning-69/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-turning-69/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=6529 My long term readers will know that as the 13th of July approaches I write a reflection on turning a year older. It’s part of my attempt to follow the instruction of Ps 90:12 “Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom“. And yes, a day after this post […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-turning-69/feed/ 10 6529 Refresh: Where our best prayers take us… https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-where-our-best-prayers-take-us/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-where-our-best-prayers-take-us/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5263 Todays refresh post first appeared in Aug 2022. Frederick Buechner’s idea that some prayers are “best prayers” and that they should take us somewhere, resonates with me deeply. It’s worthy of a re-read… Incidentally, some of these ideas are also explored on the Stirrers and Saints Podcast on Scripture and Prayer. Well worth a listen… […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-where-our-best-prayers-take-us/feed/ 0 5263 Guarding God’s Reputation: Is God a Moral Monster? https://brianharrisauthor.com/guarding-gods-reputation-is-god-a-moral-monster/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/guarding-gods-reputation-is-god-a-moral-monster/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4687 Like many who went to school in the sixties and seventies, my day started with an assembly at which the Lord’s prayer was said. We’d rush through it, and I can confidently affirm that it is possible to say it in well under 8 seconds. Not that I’d advise it. After all, the sentiments are […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/guarding-gods-reputation-is-god-a-moral-monster/feed/ 2 4687 Little victories… https://brianharrisauthor.com/little-victories/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/little-victories/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4600 We sometimes think everything would change if we managed to get a major breakthrough in some troubling area of our life. We long for a slam dunk moment after which success is assured and all will be well. Perhaps its an investment that turns out to be a goldmine, or a new breathing technique that […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/little-victories/feed/ 1 4600 From Mindfulness to Watchfulness… https://brianharrisauthor.com/from-mindfulness-to-watchfulness/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/from-mindfulness-to-watchfulness/#comments Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4257 I usually enjoy excellent health but some months back succumbed to a minor ailment which required me to be on medication for 10 days. The doctor informed me that as a likely side effect was sleepiness, I should take my daily tablet half an hour after I finished my evening meal. Came day four, and […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/from-mindfulness-to-watchfulness/feed/ 2 4257 Between Toxic Positivity and a Deus Remotus… https://brianharrisauthor.com/between-toxic-positivity-and-a-deus-remotus/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/between-toxic-positivity-and-a-deus-remotus/#respond Sat, 03 Sep 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3928 Toxic positivity is a new buzz word which rightly laments the irritating habit of attributing something positive to everything that happens, the kind of “if life serves you lemons, make lemonade” mindset which undergirds most bumper stickers and many sermon slogans. It’s an attitude that makes it near impossible to own failure, unless it is […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/between-toxic-positivity-and-a-deus-remotus/feed/ 0 3928 Where our best prayers take us… https://brianharrisauthor.com/where-our-best-prayers-take-us/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/where-our-best-prayers-take-us/#respond Sat, 27 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3920 My previous post noted the passing of Frederick Buechner and tapped into some of his wisdom. In this one I’d like to explore a passing comment which appears in a series of rapid fire advice in his memoir Telling Secrets. It’s:”Go where your best prayers take you.” Why do I love this? First, it’s refreshing […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/where-our-best-prayers-take-us/feed/ 0 3920 Reclaiming and Redeeming Gossip… https://brianharrisauthor.com/reclaiming-and-redeeming-gossip/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/reclaiming-and-redeeming-gossip/#respond Sat, 04 Jun 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3809 It was a prayer meeting I was at several decades ago. The person praying suddenly asked that God would help James and Jenni (yes, I have changed their names) in their marriage problems, especially after their last major argument which had been overheard by neighbours and was really very ugly. As the prayer elaborated on […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/reclaiming-and-redeeming-gossip/feed/ 0 3809 On Praying for Parking Bays: Does God Intervene? https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-praying-for-parking-bays-does-god-intervene/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-praying-for-parking-bays-does-god-intervene/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3385 In my new book Why Christianity is Probably True I discuss some experiences where God intervened in my life in such a way that I had no option but to conclude that God is probably real and that Christianity is probably true. It caused a reader to contact me and ask: But how often does […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-praying-for-parking-bays-does-god-intervene/feed/ 10 3385 Praying the journey… https://brianharrisauthor.com/praying-the-journey/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/praying-the-journey/#comments Tue, 05 May 2020 22:00:17 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3292 My Sabbatical leave is almost over, and what an unusual season it has been. I spent part of it at Carson Newman University in Tennessee, and after seven wonderful weeks close to the Smoky Mountains, Rosemary and I had to dash back to Australia to avoid being locked out, potentially for many months. It did […]

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