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

Surprised by Joy, a song


I went looking in the strangest of places
In fleeting dreams and the thrill of the chase
And just when I thought I had glimsped your face
You vanished away without a trace
And I went looking in the strangest of thrills
At breakneck speeds with no time to kill
But the goblet got drained and it never got filled
Cause the higher I climbed the harder I fell

But in the scent of Russian olive breeze
The Holy Spirit brings me to my knees
I found you in the rain on a windowsill
A cross-shaped shadow on a holy hill

Cause you were alwyas there 
In the corner of my eyes
But somehow you know 
I didn't recognize it
You have so many mysteries 
That you use to disguiese it
In the sparkle of a baby's smile
In the spark when lovers reconcile
He had no clue this little boy
That all the while he was kissing the face of joy!
Of Joy!He had no clue this little boy
That all the while he was kissing the face of joy!

And I went looking for the strangest of fun
For something new somewhere under the sun
And just when I thought my searching was done
I looked for you there and discovered you gone

But in a scent of Russian olive breeze
The Holy Spirit brings me to my knees
I found you in the rain on a windowsill
A cross-shaped shadow on a holy hill

Cause you were alwyas there 
In the corner of my eyes
But somehow you know 
I didn't recognize it
You have so many mysteries 
That you use to disguiese it
In the sparkle of a baby's smile
In the spark when lovers reconcile
He had no clue this little boy
That all the while he was kissing the face of joy!
Of Joy!He had no clue this little boy
That all the while he was kissing the face of joy!

Joyful, Joyful we adore thee
God of mercy Lord of Love
Hearts unfold like flowers before thee
Opening to the Sun above!

Cause you were alwyas there 
In the corner of my eyes
But somehow you know 
I didn't recognize it
You have so many mysteries 
That you use to disguiese it
In the sparkle of a baby's smile
In the spark when lovers reconcile
He had no clue this little boy
That all the while he was kissing the face of joy!
Of Joy!He had no clue this little boy
That all the while he was kissing the face of joy!

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Walking through Covid with the Book of Joel (Part VIII): 2020 Vision

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Feast of Fools, a song


Calling all you sinners 
To this Feast of Fools
Where the tables all get turned 
And we're breaking all the rules
So put your best dress on
And come and be made new
When the master breaks the bread
And pours the wine

At the Feast of Fools
Where the king waits on the guests
The Feast of Fools
Where the greatest are the least
The Feast of Fools
Where the last become the best
And the broken are the blessed
At the feast, the Feast of Fools

Calling all you thirsty to 
Come and taste and see
The tables are all laid out 
With milk and honey
And all you have to pay to eat 
Is just your heart's poverty
When the Master breaks the bread
And pours the wine

At the Feast of Fools
Where the king waits on the guests
The Feast of Fools
Where the greatest are the least
The Feast of Fools
Where the last become the best
And the broken are the blessed
At the feast, the Feast of Fools

Calling all you vagabonds
To come and have a seat
The table's overflowing 
With good things to eat
And all it takes to be here
Is to let him wash your feet
When the Master breaks the bread
And pours the wine

At the Feast of Fools
Where the king waits on the guests
The Feast of Fools
Where the greatest are the least
The Feast of Fools
Where the last become the best
And the broken are the blessed
At the feast...
Where the king waits on the guests
The Feast of Fools
Where the greatest are the least
The Feast of Fools
Where the last become the best
And the broken are the blessed
At the Feast of Fools


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Walking Through Covid with the Book of Joel (VII): O, Canada

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Rainbow Round Your Throne, a song

Will pink be a colour in the rainbow round your throne?
Will indigo and pastel blue?
Will every perfect colour that ever you imagined
Render their praise to you?

Will we radiate a billion brilliant colours
No eye has seen, no man has known
Will we scintillate, will we shimmer will we shine?
Just glimmers in the rainbow around your throne?

Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne
Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne

Will pearl be a jewel in the crowns laid at your feet
Will amethyst and garnet too?
Will all the priceless bneauty that ever you imagined
Glitter to adorn you?

Will we radiate a billion brilliant colours
No eye has seen, no man has known
Will we scintillate, will we shimmer will we shine?
Just glimmers in the rainbow around your throne?

Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne
Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne

Will sleepless nights 
Of wondering what the future's gonna bring
Will every heart's desire
For things to work out right
Will all the times we wondered
Who are you and who am I
Become the light 
That we see in your light?

Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne
Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne

Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne
Around your throne, around your throne,
We're glimmers in the rainbow round your throne

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