trust Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/trust/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:17:25 +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 trust Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/trust/ 32 32 93416650 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 Promise, Challenge and Task: Three Reminders… https://brianharrisauthor.com/promise-challenge-and-task-three-reminders/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/promise-challenge-and-task-three-reminders/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4923 I’m due to preach on Joshua as a one off message in a series exploring interesting Bible characters. It’s hard to condense such an important story into 25 minutes, and any lens selected will miss a lot, but I’ve opted to filter his story through three key ideas – what he was promised, what special […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/promise-challenge-and-task-three-reminders/feed/ 1 4923 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 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 Counter-culturally non-anxious https://brianharrisauthor.com/counter-culturally-non-anxious/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/counter-culturally-non-anxious/#respond Sat, 14 Jan 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4094 To be clear this counter-cultural series is not an exercise in “them and us” with “them” being awful and “us” being amazing. But it is an attempt to dig into the Jesus difference that often becomes apparent in the lives of those who take up the invitation to be a disciple of Jesus the Christ. […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/counter-culturally-non-anxious/feed/ 0 4094 When faith is a quest https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-faith-is-a-quest/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-faith-is-a-quest/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4050 Jesus commended the faith of little children, seeing in it innocence, spontaneity and deep trust. But for many, faith doesn’t come easily or naturally. Indeed, for some, nothing comes easily or naturally. William Blake in his Auguries of Innocence writes: Every Morn and every NightSome are Born to sweet delight Some are Born to sweet delight Some […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/yours-mine-and-gods-holding-anxiety-well/feed/ 0 3890 On Silence… https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-silence/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-silence/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3449 At present I am recovering from a skin graft to my lower leg, and it has meant that my usual activity has been severely restricted. Apparently the lower leg has a poor blood supply and to prevent swelling and the risk of the graft being rejected I must spend most of the day lying down […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-silence/feed/ 7 3449 When “darkness is my closest friend”: Reflections on Psalm 88 https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-darkness-is-my-closest-friend-reflections-on-psalm-88/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-darkness-is-my-closest-friend-reflections-on-psalm-88/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:00:24 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2504 I was in a meeting a while back where a man said that he and his family had been living in Psalm 88 for a fair while – especially in v18b. Naturally I had to look it up. The tone of his comment had alerted me to expect something that fell a long way short […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/when-darkness-is-my-closest-friend-reflections-on-psalm-88/feed/ 2 2504 Redeeming Emotions… https://brianharrisauthor.com/redeeming-emotions/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/redeeming-emotions/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 22:00:35 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=2163 Most studies of  emotion suggest that there are seven basic human emotions, and that in one way or another, all emotions fit within the categories of anger, anxiety, surprise, trust, grief, fear and love – well that’s Diane Raymond’s list. Humintell suggests they are anger, contempt, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, and surprise – so there is some overlap, although they […]

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