Books by Dale Harris

Books by Dale Harris
A Feast of Epiphanies

Though I Walk, A Novel

Daytime Moons and Other Celestial Anomalies, a book of poems

Second Wind

Second Wind
An album of songs both old and new. Recorded in 2021, a year of major transition for me, these songs explore the many vicissitudes of the spiritual life,. It's about the mountaintop moments and the Holy Saturday sunrises, the doors He opens that no one can close, and those doors He's closed that will never open again. You can click the image above to give it a listen.

The Song Became a Child

The Song Became a Child
A collection of Christmas songs I wrote and recorded during the early days of the pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020. Click the image to listen.

There's a Trick of the Light I'm Learning to Do

There's a Trick of the Light I'm Learning to Do
This is a collection of songs I wrote and recorded in January - March, 2020 while on sabbatical from ministry. They each deal with a different aspect or expression of the Gospel. Click on the image above to listen.

Three Hands Clapping

Three Hands Clapping
This is my latest recording project (released May 27, 2019). It is a double album of 22 songs, which very roughly track the story of my life... a sort of musical autobiography, so to speak. Click the album image to listen.

Ghost Notes

Ghost Notes
A collections of original songs I wrote in 2015, and recorded with the FreeWay Musical Collective. Click the album image to listen.

inversions

inversions
Recorded in 2014, these songs are sort of a chronicle of my journey through a pastoral burn-out last winter. They deal with themes of mental-health, spiritual burn-out and depression, but also with the inexorable presence of God in the midst of darkness. Click the album art to download.

soundings

soundings
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"soundings" is a collection of songs I recorded in September/October of 2013. Dealing with themes of hope, ache, trust and spiritual loss, the songs on this album express various facets of my journey with God.

bridges

bridges
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"Bridges" is a collection of original songs I wrote in the summer of 2011, during a soul-searching trip I took out to Alberta; a sort of long twilight in the dark night of the soul. I share it here in hopes these musical reflections on my own spiritual journey might be an encouragement to others: the sun does rise, blood-red but beautiful.

echoes

echoes
Prayers, poems and songs (2005-2009). Click to download
"echoes" is a collection of songs I wrote during my time studying at Briercrest Seminary (2004-2009). It's called "echoes" partly because these songs are "echoes" of times spent with God from my songwriting past, but also because there are musical "echoes" of hymns, songs or poems sprinkled throughout the album. Listen closely and you'll hear them.

Accidentals

Accidentals
This collection of mostly blues/rock/folk inspired songs was recorded in the spring and summer of 2015. I call it "accidentals" because all of the songs on this project were tunes I have had kicking around in my notebooks for many years but had never found a "home" for on previous albums. You can click the image to download the whole album.

Random Reads

The Dragon, the Maiden, and the Baby Boy (a song)


I saw a strange sign 
Burning in the heavens on winter night
O tidings of comfort and joy!
When the world was dark and the 
Sky was a wash with pale moonlight
I saw a dragon, a maiden, and a baby boy
O a dragon, a maiden, and a baby boy

She was clothed with the sun and the moon
And the silver starlight
In her labor pains lifted up her cry
She gave birth to a heavenly child
That cold winter night
But the dragon lay in wait for her baby boy
O the dragon lay in wait for her baby boy

But, God rest ye, all ye merry Christian friends
Hear the heavens ringing out with joy
The earth resounds with praise that will never end
For the dragon was trampled by that baby boy

The dragon lashed with his tail and his teeth
To swallow the child
A third of the stars fell fromt he sky
The maiden fled through the
Darkness of the night off into the wild
And the angles came to rescue her baby boy
O the angels came to rescue her baby boy

Then I saw a war break out in the heavens
All across the night sky
The dragon come to kill and to destroy
And the host of heaven they came out to meet him
And they raised the battle cry
And they cast him down with the love of that baby boy
O they cast him down with the love of that baby boy

But, God rest ye, all ye merry Christian friends
Hear the heavens ringing out with joy
The earth resounds with praise that will never end
For the dragon is trampled by the baby boy

Now have come the salvation 
And the power of our God
The accuser of his children is cast down
We have triumphed over him
By the truth and the blood of a lamb
So rejoice you heavenlies, rejoice
For Messiah is that maiden's baby boy

Now the dragon still is seeking 
To devour the maiden in the wilderness
But she was given eagle's wings with which to fly
Cause the dragon is defeated 
But the battle still is raging
For hope and peace and the love of that baby boy

But, God rest ye, all ye merry Christian friends
Hear the heavens ringing out with joy
The earth resounds with praise that will never end
For the dragon was trampled by that baby boy
O the dragon is trampled by that baby boy
And the dragon will be trampled by that baby boy



 

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