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

Terra Evestigata

I started blogging almost exactly a year ago (though my first post wasn't officially until January 27th, I spent the month of January itself researching, planning and laying-out my blog). I didn't have a terribly clear long-range plan for this blog; though at the time, I didn't have a terribly clear long-range plan for my life. This time last year I was nearing the end of five years studying at Seminary, preparing for God-knew what ministry in God-knew where. I was just looking for a place to keep doing what I'd been doing for the last 5 years at school: thinking and writing and reflecting on things Christian. I've found that place here, and I've enjoyed the challenge and sharpening that blogging has given me over the year.

Of course, a lot has happened in 365 days, and I didn't realize when I started blogging that I'd have such a curious record of what God's been up to in my life over the last year:


For the curious, and in a fit of self-indulgent retrospection at the turn of another new year, I offer here some inane stats about the last 365 days in terra incognita:

Total number of words written in 2009: approx. 62, 600

Average post length: 481 words

Longest post: a tie between A Valedictory Address and Learning Wisdom in the Writing, both at 894 words.

5 most commonly used nouns this year: God (309 times), Jesus (190 times), Christ (127 times), people (103 times), life (98 times)

5 most commonly used verbs this year (present tense only, excluding forms of "to be"): think (89 times), see (78 times), say (64 times), read (64 times), worship (61 times)

Most commonly used 5-word phrase: "what it means to be" (6 times), tied with "the reality of the world" (6 times)

Most faithful commenter: Jon Coutts

Post with most comments: 7/4

Post most commented on (i.e. people asking me about it in person): Teach Us to Pray. (Just because of the comments it garnered. I have no idea who that guy was, but a number of people have asked me about it, prompting some very rich discussions about why we, as Christians, believe the Trinity; so thanks, Adam Pastor, whoever you were.)

Most fun post to write: The Geometry of Heaven?

Worst post: The Leveling of St.Paul. Not really sure what I was trying to say there.

For those of you have have joined me on this journey over the last year, thanks for the company and encouragement. For those of you who have stopped in now and then to explore some unknown land with me, welcome and blessings.

1 comments:

Jon Coutts said...

worst post. great category.

its been nice having a chance to keep "talking" with or at least "hearing" from you!