Reflections
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Reflections on “Drawn to Imperfection” with Revd Dr Harriet Harris
Revd Dr Harriet Harris MBE leads this morning of reflection on the Festival Art exhibition Drawn to Imperfection by Dave Nevard
Starting with coffee and pastries at 9am!
Dave Nevard’s animated drawings challenge us to engage with the strengths and shadow sides of these Biblical characters, and with the light and shade of their encounters with God.
What drives Judas, haunts Pilate, gives courage to the accused woman?
How do Nevard’s characters carry themselves, and how are they changed by God provoking, consoling, judging, forgiving, guiding, protecting, and loving them?
Harriet Harris leads a Thursday morning workshop inviting us to interact with Nevard’s lifelike drawings in a way that helps us to step imaginatively into the lives of these characters and so come to know our own selves better, uncover some of our assumptions and fears about God, and discover how we can respond with our full selves to God’s full Self-giving.
Revd Dr Harriet Harris is Principal of Ripon College Cuddeson.
A former University Lecturer and Chaplain, she is also a trainer in compassionate leadership, and a Thinking Environment Facilitator.
As a licensed coach, she supports people to live their lives with a sense of vocation and without burnout.
She was awarded an MBE in 2017 for Services to Multi-Faith Education and Community Cohesion, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022 for fostering Compassionate Organisations.
Dorchester Festival
Dorchester High St
Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire OX10 7HN United Kingdom
The biennial Dorchester-on-Thames Festival is one of Oxfordshire’s leading Festivals based in and around the stunning location of Dorchester Abbey.
Since 2005 the Festival has regularly attracted over 5,000 people each year, from serious followers of the arts to schools, families and children of all ages and has raised significant profile and £350,000 for Dorchester Abbey and local charities.
In 2026 they are partnering with local charity Be Free Young Carers, who enable Oxfordshire Young Carers to achieve their full potential by delivering a far-reaching developmental and emotional support network of people and resources in their daily lives, schools and communities.



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