Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » John Blase http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Advent Day 8: In The Bed of a Pickup http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-8-bed-pickup/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-8-bed-pickup/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:00:08 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6262 Something to consider from poet John Blase… Probably wise to remind ourselves that first Advent wasn’t anticipation wrapped in sherpa slippers -n- hot cocoa. It was a high stakes faith-lunge for the finish line, which turned out to be like giving birth in the bed of a pickup. 

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/shouting-beautiful-art/feed/ 4 Read. Listen. Watch. I Think You’ll Enjoy. http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/read-listen-watch-think-youll-enjoy/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/read-listen-watch-think-youll-enjoy/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:30:44 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4421 Each week on Sunday Shout Outs, I like to share the best bits of what I watched or read online recently. There’s no theme or common thread between these posts, but they are all thought-provoking and enjoyable.   This video, “Shake The Dust” by poet Anis Mojgani. His first line prolly had you a little […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/shareable-2/feed/ 2 When Church Jumps The Shark http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/church-jumps-shark/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/church-jumps-shark/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 16:46:42 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3830 Sometimes church jumps the shark. What’s that mean? From Wikipedia: “Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality, which is usually a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which […]

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