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

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

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

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

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

Dreamcatcher, a song



I was tumbling through the air
In a freefall of dying dreams and of helpless hope
Up where only angels dare
I couldn’t see the sky above or the ground below
I was calling out your name
Words into the empty void of my heart’s desire
Disappointing me again
Burning with fading light and a searing fire

Dreamcatcher, catch this one before it hits the ground
Everything is up in the air
Keep it all from crashing down
Without a wing or a prayer
It was tossed into the here after
It was thrown away in despair
Can you bring it back with laughter?
Dreamcatcher, Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher
Catch me in this trust fall
I’m throwing it all to you

I had it hidden all away
I couldn’t bear to risk it all and to let it show
Or to see the light of day
I held it like a fist full of melting snow
I found it hard to believer
That I would really gain it all if I let it go
So I held it close to me
A secret that I didn’t want to let the world know

Dreamcatcher, catch this one before it hits the ground
Everything is up in the air
Keep it all from crashing down
Without a wing or a prayer
It was tossed into the here after
It was thrown away in despair
Can you bring it back with laughter
Dreamcatcher, Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher
Catch me in this trust fall

And I, I heard a rumor
I’d find my heart’s desire
If my delight was found only in you
But I was always a late bloomer
And the dreams that you inspire
Are easy to believe but the feel to good
To be true

Dreamcatcher, catch this one before it hits the ground
Everything is up in the air
Keep it all from crashing down
Without a wing or a prayer
It was tossed into the here after
It was thrown away in despair
Can you bring it back with laughter
Dreamcatcher, Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher
Catch me in this trust fall
I’m throwing it all to you

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