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This pandemic has felt like the year of “no”

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:17:05 +0000

(Thankful Notes #365) This morning I made breakfast for the family and then took a spin around the lake with Camper on the floating dock. This was all “Yes, and Amen.” I find myself frequently measuring the pandemic by the number of times I’ve done (or not done) something (during the pandemic). Some counts are […]

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I think I need to have you start calling the office and threaten me.

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:43:42 +0000

(Thankful Notes #358) I had a couple of favorite moments/encounters at our Sunday Campfire Service last night… It’s been five months since I’ve last seen mother and son Betty and Billy (who, before the pandemic, came to the church every Friday to help with various projects—Billy quietly serving as a custodian and Betty helping […]

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I sometimes return to the aggressive rush and run others off the road

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 19 May 2020 21:19:41 +0000

Thankful Notes (#274) I appreciated our church’s weekly conversation video that was released yesterday—it featured three individuals who have an immediate family member living in their homes who is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Their sharing was honest and gracious and shed light on why we are being so careful. I read this poem called The […]

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By this time, my dad was hearing the ghost sound too. We looked at each other with stunned faces, in complete bewilderment.

Brian Dolleman — Fri, 15 May 2020 00:24:42 +0000

Thankful Notes (#270) When sleeping outside on the deck furniture for the night, I do occasionally hear some strange sounds. Sometimes the gray heron pierces the silence with his prehistoric-guttural squawks. Other times, a flock of Canadian geese fly directly overhead, honking with every flap of their wings. And there is this bizarre sound a […]

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Then I heard one of her co-workers say, “Oh wow! This makes my boobs look huge!” and with that, I was out the door

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:17:00 +0000

Thankful Notes (#255) It’s hard to believe we have been in this little fixer-upper barn-shaped house on the lake for two years now (in May). When we first walked through the house, I fell in love with the view and the potential I could see in the basic structure of the house. I was […]

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A YEAR WITHOUT HUGS

Brian Dolleman — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 01:42:45 +0000

Thankful Notes (#249) Instead of leaving as quickly as possible for work this morning, I spent some time in the kitchen making breakfast. I carried over two plates with hot food over to my dad’s house and we sat at his table for breakfast and coffee. Camper and I left together for the office and […]

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The Great Stripping Away (or—how I lost some of my faith)

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:48:41 +0000

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 Thankful Notes (#23) I will always think of this past year as the Great Stripping Away. There were things I intentionally chose to remove from my life, there were things that just happened naturally and in their season, and there were things that felt more forceful, not in my control… more […]

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