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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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We Can’t Change The Whole World. But We Can Be The Weird Ones…

Brian Dolleman — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:44:40 +0000

Late last night, my daughter came downstairs with tears & sat on my lap. I held her & asked what was wrong (she’s 15, & honestly, I thought it would be about a boy). She said: “Our world is so messed up.” I squeezed her tighter, brushed the hair from her face. No answers. No […]

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Maybe The Worst Days Are The Most Important Ones

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:38:30 +0000

I’ve been playing around with this idea… what if our worst days – the ones we would cancel if we had the power or ability to – were, in fact, the most important days? There’s a growing trend with churches in our area to cancel services on the Sunday following Christmas. One leading church has […]

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Gotta Read These Guys

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:00:07 +0000

Most Sundays, I like to give a few shout-outs and share what I enjoyed from around the internet during the past week. Below are some posts from guys that ya gotta read… This post, Lose The Christian Swag, by Carlos Whittaker. His blog is one of the top Christian blogs out there – and there’s […]

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Shareable

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:02:13 +0000

The following are a few posts I read this past week that I thought were particularly shareable. Hope you enjoy them too… This post from Andy Jones, Beauty In An Unlikely Place. This post, Poor People And Their Bad Decisions, by Craig Greenfield. And this one too: The Art of Lamenting, by […]

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Your Problem Is My Problem

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:31:43 +0000

I love those stories of family, friends, colleagues, co-workers, or classmates, who—in an act of solidarity with one who has lost all their hair because of cancer and radiation treatments—shave their heads too. It’s such a visual and tangible representation of “We’re standing with you in this.” Solidarity is a chosen unity that produces […]

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