Spirituality Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/spirituality/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:16:49 +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 Spirituality Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/spirituality/ 32 32 93416650 Refresh: Churched, Un-Churched and De-Churched https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5550 This was a relatively early post on this blog – dating all the way back to Nov 2015 – but continues to be one of the most frequently downloaded. If anything, the topic is even more pertinent a decade later. Churched, Un-Churched and De- Churched If you’re up with the discussions on the future of […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/feed/ 0 5550 Reflections from a cruise… https://brianharrisauthor.com/reflections-from-a-cruise/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/reflections-from-a-cruise/#comments Sat, 10 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4982 I’m writing this as I sit on my cabin balcony gazing out at the open ocean. Rosemary and I are in the middle of 25 days of unaccustomed ease and luxury as we celebrate her retirement some 20 months ago. We have cruised around Iceland and Norway and will soon be exploring Amsterdam and Belgium […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/reflections-from-a-cruise/feed/ 9 4982 The Three Books of God: How do we Learn About God? https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-three-books-of-god-how-do-we-learn-about-god/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-three-books-of-god-how-do-we-learn-about-god/#comments Sat, 04 May 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4791 If you’re into theology there is a fair chance that you’ve heard about the two books of God. There is the book of nature, where creation points to the creativity, power and majesty of God, and then there is the Bible, which records hundreds of “God turned up” events and helps us to understand what […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/the-three-books-of-god-how-do-we-learn-about-god/feed/ 1 4791 Delays: A spirituality for flying… https://brianharrisauthor.com/delays-a-spirituality-for-flying/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/delays-a-spirituality-for-flying/#comments Sat, 17 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4679 I’m writing this blog at the airport. It’s my fourth flight in two weeks and each has been delayed. Apparently I will now be boarding in 6 hours time. None of the delays has been weather related, so my temptation is to go on a rant against everyone’s favourite airline – but I won’t do […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/delays-a-spirituality-for-flying/feed/ 4 4679 Why not try framing… https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-not-try-framing/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-not-try-framing/#respond Sat, 06 Jan 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4619 In his insightful book The Remarkable Ordinary, Frederick Buechner observes that artists get us to see things by putting a frame around them, effectively saying, “stop and notice me”. Often it is with very ordinary things, a flower, a bowl of fruit, a human face. The artist puts a frame around it and our attention […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/why-not-try-framing/feed/ 0 4619 Burnout or bore out: Reflections for the New Year https://brianharrisauthor.com/burnout-or-bore-out-reflections-for-the-new-year/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/burnout-or-bore-out-reflections-for-the-new-year/#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4608 There’s no doubt about it, burnout is a real problem, and large numbers of people have pulled back from aspirational careers, putting new boundaries in place, and taking clear and tangible steps to make sure they never land up in the same place of over stretch and exhaustion again. And fair enough. But even as […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/burnout-or-bore-out-reflections-for-the-new-year/feed/ 6 4608 Busy or Productive… https://brianharrisauthor.com/busy-or-productive/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/busy-or-productive/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4529 I started my working life as a chaplain to university students. It was a wonderful post. I was paid to have conversations with emerging leaders, and my job description (such as it was) included taking time to think deeply together with them about things that matter, and to give talks at the many events which […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/busy-or-productive/feed/ 2 4529 Is church working for you? https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4427 He is a very committed Christian but recently said to me, “This church thing, it’s just not working for me. The kids are bored, I’m bored, a lot of what happens is silly, and I experience God a lot more when I’m out in nature than when I’m forced to sit still and listen to […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/feed/ 2 4427 A Walk in the Woods… https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-walk-in-the-woods/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-walk-in-the-woods/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4379 This week Rosemary and I managed a short escape down Margaret River way, in part to celebrate my 66th birthday. Most of the family joined us and we were amply accommodated in a cavernous home that could have coped with a party twice our size. The weather was great in a wintery way – cold […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-walk-in-the-woods/feed/ 10 4379 Because Biography is not Identity: From what we do to who we are… https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-biography-is-not-identity-from-what-we-do-to-who-we-are/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/because-biography-is-not-identity-from-what-we-do-to-who-we-are/#comments Sat, 24 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4348 In a throw away line in a podcast shortly before his sudden death, philosopher-poet-theologian John O’Donohue observes that, “biography is not identity.” Think about it. We spend so much time trying to impress people about what we do, or the achievements we can list on our CV, and far too little time focusing on the […]

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