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.

Nothing to Block the View

So begins our final week in Saskatchewan. Spent the day packing boxes and waxing reflective on what I'll miss about this place. High on that list, no doubt, would have to be the living skies. Anyone who says there's nothing to see in Saskatchewan never looked up. By turns gilded, azure, silver, slate-grey, dappled, polished, cloud-brindled, wind-dancing, storm-scowling, bird-stippled, lowering, vaulted, blushing, sombre, crystalline, and blue, the Saskatchewan sky dominates my experience of the land in a way I'd expect the sea dominates the experience of many maritimers.

The perpetually changing constant.

My wife likes to take pictures of the prairie sky. From her collection, I've put together this "eight thousand word" photo essay on the beauty of Saskatchewan. In Saskatchewan, it's not so hard to take Isaiah at his word: when the Lord created the world, he indeed stretched out the heavens.








 

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3 comments:

Jon Coutts said...

the millions of birds . . . wow. unforgettable.

and don't forget the thunder and lightning wind shows, amplified and intensified by living in a mobile home. oh my. i'll never forget peering out into a dark sky and then trying to glimpse a tornado in the split-second of a lightning flash.

living skies is right. nice pics! all the best on the move!

July 6, 2009 at 9:57 AM  
Ashley Taylor said...

Dale and Dani, though you were only in our lives a short moment it seems your legacy lives on. We just sent one of our own to Ontario two weeks ago and now it seems you're moving on as well. Oshawa will be the better for it we know. Blessing on you our friends as you embark on this new chapter in your life.

And oh yeah, stop to watch a sunset on your way out of the province...

July 8, 2009 at 9:31 AM  
Naomi said...

I think there's a hidden money maker in a Saskatchewan Skies Calender. You could title it:

"Gilded, azure, silver, slate-grey, dappled, polished, cloud-brindled, wind-dancing, storm-scowling, bird-stippled, lowering, vaulted, blushing, sombre, crystalline, and blue Skies of Saskatchewan"

Or my personal favorite title:

"The perpetually changing constant"

Great blog! And I love these pics! I moved to Canada from the UK when I was a kid, and the first thing I noticed about Canada was how big the sky was!

August 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM  

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