Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Pain http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 The Great Stripping Away (or—how I lost some of my faith) http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/great-stripping-away-lost-faith/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/great-stripping-away-lost-faith/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:48:41 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6496 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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