Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Robert Farrar Capon http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Lent Day 29… Like A Toddler Driving A Tractor http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-29-like-toddler-driving-tractor/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-29-like-toddler-driving-tractor/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:34:50 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6031 “Sensible people, of course, should need only about thirty seconds of careful thought to realize that getting off scot-free is the only way any of us is going to get off at all. But if all we can think of is God as the Eternal Bookkeeper putting down black marks against sinners—or God as the […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-29-like-toddler-driving-tractor/feed/ 4 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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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/saving-quotes/feed/ 0 About That Book http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/book/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/book/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:34:44 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4757 This past weekend my friends threw a book release party for me. It was fun and full of surprises. I was interviewed about the book, my mom read a selection, and so did I. Everything was perfect – the music, the food, and the decorations. Such a great night! And the people there were amazing. […]

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