Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » christmas http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Those Times When You Think You’re Being The Blessing And Then You Realize It’s The Other Way Around http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/times-think-youre-blessing-realize-way-around/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/times-think-youre-blessing-realize-way-around/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:43:16 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6449 God has entrusted the Church to keep the soul of childhood alive, to safeguard our candor and freshness… Joy is the gift of the Church, whatever joy is possible for this sad world to share… What would it profit you even to create life itself, when you have lost all sense of what life really […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/us-scott-painter/feed/ 0 Mondays Are For Extra-Super Moons & Cute Christmas Commercials http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/mondays-extra-super-moons-cute-christmas-commercials/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/mondays-extra-super-moons-cute-christmas-commercials/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2016 18:43:48 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5767 Have you seen the extra-super moon today? Here’s something else you might want to see… some cute British Christmas commercials. 1. John Lewis Christmas Ad: “Buster The Boxer” 2. Sainsbury’s Christmas Ad: “The Greatest Gift”  

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/around-bethlehem/feed/ 1 Cute. Clever. And Cosplayers Getting Bopped With Microphone. http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/cute-clever-cosplayers-getting-bopped-microphone/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/cute-clever-cosplayers-getting-bopped-microphone/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:06:54 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4682 Happy Friday. Here’s a few random videos to add to the wonderfulness that is today…   1. VIDEO—Monty The Penguin (Cute Christmas Commercial by John Lewis).   2. VIDEO—Aug(de)mented Reality 2 (this one is clever).   3. VIDEO—Bopping Cosplayers in the Face with Microphone Prank (cracks me up).  

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/cute-clever-cosplayers-getting-bopped-microphone/feed/ 0 These Are The Posts I Liked. Maybe You Will Like Them Too. http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/posts-liked-maybe-will-like/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/posts-liked-maybe-will-like/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:00:31 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4520 It’s Sunday and I’m sharing – these are the posts I liked (this past week). Maybe you will like them too… This post, “Overrated: The Hero Complex” by Eugene Cho. Actually, it’s a 2 minute video promoting his upcoming book – but still, I liked it (and I pre-ordered his book). Eugene Cho is a […]

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