DIFFERENT FACES OF AMBITION

DIFFERENT FACES OF AMBITION

By: Brian Harris Ambition is one of those things it’s easy to be ambivalent about. In it’s naked form, it sees some catapult over others, with neither regard nor care for the impact their scramble to the top has on those further back in the line. Ruthlessness is not...
LEARN TO KNOW YOURSELF

LEARN TO KNOW YOURSELF

By: Brian Harris A few weeks back I alerted you to my ‘proverbs project ‘– spring boarding from the thirty sayings that start in Proverbs 22:20. This weeks saying? “Know your name.” Some background… A few months ago I was fooled into attending a time share...
“I WILL BE SECOND”

“I WILL BE SECOND”

By: Brian Harris It’s an often overlooked statement that is strangely counter-cultural: “You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you.”  You find it in 1 Samuel 23:17 and it is the words of Jonathan to his great friend David. Now it wouldn’t be too...
LIVING ON THE EDGE

LIVING ON THE EDGE

By: Brian Harris Many years back I read Paul Tournier’s A Place for You, and was struck by his story of a young man who said simply: “Basically I’ve always been looking for a place – a place to be.” Perhaps it was because I identified, and realised that most of my...