Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » compassion http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Everyone In My Church Is Dying http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/everyone-church-dying/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/everyone-church-dying/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2018 18:24:31 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6390 *photo: Laurice Brooks outside his home the day before his wife Betty died *     *     * Everyone in my church is dying. I don’t mean that as an exaggerated statement. I mean it literally. We all will die. We are all on our way. Unless Jesus returns within our lifetime, everyone […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/everyone-church-dying/feed/ 2 Advent Day 7: Advent Isn’t A Guilt Trip But It Is A Journey Into Compassion http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-7-advent-isnt-guilt-trip-journey-compassion/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-7-advent-isnt-guilt-trip-journey-compassion/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2017 08:34:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6258 *Pictured above: Kahal, a homeless man I met this past Spring. He’s worked a number of jobs—in kitchens, landscaping, Uber driver… but has recently fallen on hard times. He doesn’t have an address right now, or a computer, and this makes applying for jobs a challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Kahal. He was pleasant, intelligent, and […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/awe-came-upon-everyone/feed/ 4 Lent Day 26… Dirty Laundry http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-26-dirty-laundry/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-26-dirty-laundry/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:00:16 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6018 A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while eating breakfast, the wife noticed her neighbor hanging out her laundry. She commented: Those clothes don’t look very clean; maybe she needs better soap. Her husband looked, but remained silent. For three weeks, every Monday he would hear some version of these same comments. But the following […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-26-dirty-laundry/feed/ 0 Lent Day 16… Meeting Kahal From Iran In MacArthur Park Was Perhaps What Churchy People Call A Divine Appointment http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-16-meeting-kahal-iran-macarthur-park-perhaps-churchy-people-call-divine-appointment/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-16-meeting-kahal-iran-macarthur-park-perhaps-churchy-people-call-divine-appointment/#comments Sat, 18 Mar 2017 15:18:11 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5950 Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! —Hebrews. 13.2 Yesterday our team went with the L.A. Dream Center to MacArthur Park to hand out bags of food. I’ve been to this park before… In fact, I wrote a little something about my experience […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-16-meeting-kahal-iran-macarthur-park-perhaps-churchy-people-call-divine-appointment/feed/ 2 Lent Day 15… I Never Thought I’d Be On The Other Side http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-15-never-thought-id-side/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-15-never-thought-id-side/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:10:37 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5947 One of the things we’ve been doing each day with the L.A. Dream Center is what they call “Food Truck Ministry.” You might be thinking of food trucks – like those delicious distributors of various types of food in busy downtown street corners during lunch time… but this is a little different. The food is […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-15-never-thought-id-side/feed/ 2 Lent Day 13… The Road To Heaven Does Not Run From The World http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-13-road-heaven-run-world/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-13-road-heaven-run-world/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:46:54 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5936 The road to Heaven does not run from the world, but through it. —Robert Farrar Capon Yesterday we spent our afternoon on Skid Row. We’re here in Los Angeles for a week with a team from NWLife to serve at the Dream Center. This is my 12th or 13th trip to the Dream Center. I […]

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