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Finding Our Groove (in the Jesus way of contemplation and action)

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 23:00:31 +0000

Occasionally there is a technical hiccup and our church service doesn’t record and/or upload to all the socials… and this Sunday was one of those times. Because this message is so central to our church, I feel like the notes are essential and should be on record. So, here they are: I worked at the […]

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Pentecost Reveals Jesus always delivers on his promises, an evolving faith, an inclusive faith, a broad and diverse faith on purpose, a bridge-building faith, an empowering, liberating, and justice-delivering faith

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 19:14:23 +0000

NOTE: the following are my word-for-word notes from Pentecost Sunday’s sermon. Here we are… Sunday, May 28. Memorial Day weekend… the unofficial start of Summer! I’ve been counting down something else… my daughter’s wedding. She’s getting married in 35 days. Yo, people, Ima need lots of love. Big hugs. And gift cards. Joking. Not really. Staying with […]

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Dancing In The Wind

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:57:26 +0000

What follows is the manuscript of my sermon – the first in a new series entitled, “Stretchy, Not Sketchy: Honest Conversations About Faith,” in which I attempt to make the case for a vibrant, living, growing faith that is flexible rather than being fundamentalist (rigid, inflexible). The video of the sermon is also available to […]

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Wake Me Up When September Ends

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 02:24:08 +0000

The following is the manuscript of my sermon from Sunday, September 25, 2022. It was a stand-alone sermon following our series “The Songs of Summer Pt. 2″ (which worked through the Psalms and drew parallels to popular music themes). If you want to watch the message rather than read it, here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGMW9BEgS8o Released in […]

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Coming Home Sermon

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 03:40:55 +0000

Some background on that song… Coming Home It was written by J.Cole, Jay-Z, Alex da Kid, and Skylar Grey… produced by Jay-Z and performed by Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy, aka P. Diddy, aka Diddy, aka Puffy… and Skylar Grey in 2010 and by 2011 it was certified as 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (which means […]

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The Sermon That Did Not Record Which Had Katy Perry and Frederick Buechner In It

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:05:36 +0000

Yesterday, after our church service ended, I picked up my phone from the chair and was surprised to see I had a text message notification from my wife. She had been there with me, in that same service, up on the stage and down on the first row. My first thought was that maybe she […]

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Qualities of a Safe Church

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 01:09:20 +0000

These are the notes from a sermon I preached on the first Sunday of Summer – on June 26, 2022… Summer has officially arrived! Feels good, doesn’t it? It seems like the most difficult and life-altering days of pandemic life are behind us now, I hope, and we can once again enjoy meals together and […]

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Church Without All The BS

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:52:52 +0000

These are the notes from my sermon preached on 11.21.21 at NWLife Church – the 9th in a series of 10 sermons based on the book of Nehemiah called “When Everything’s On Fire.” The title of my sermon today is: “Church Without All The BS.” Up to this point, Nehemiah has had quite the journey… A […]

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Religion and Religious People I Like and Want to be Like

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:55:37 +0000

It’s got to have good humor, readily able to laugh at itself and its own goofs and quirks and gaffes and screw ups and oddities. And it must not take itself too seriously—that’s far too wearying of an existence for someone who has come to Jesus and discovered the easiness of yoke and lightness of […]

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church fantasies I have

Brian Dolleman — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:14:21 +0000

note: picture above is from our last community outreach event just before the pandemic hit—our annual Toy Give the other day in a staff meeting, a question came up about whether or not we should do more explaining to the church about why we are currently not having normal worship (congregational singing) in our services. […]

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