Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Thankful http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 I sometimes return to the aggressive rush and run others off the road http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/sometimes-return-aggressive-rush-run-others-road/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/sometimes-return-aggressive-rush-run-others-road/#comments Tue, 19 May 2020 21:19:41 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6612 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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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/sometimes-return-aggressive-rush-run-others-road/feed/ 0 By this time, my dad was hearing the ghost sound too. We looked at each other with stunned faces, in complete bewilderment. http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/time-dad-hearing-ghost-sound-looked-stunned-faces-complete-bewilderment/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/time-dad-hearing-ghost-sound-looked-stunned-faces-complete-bewilderment/#comments Fri, 15 May 2020 00:24:42 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6599 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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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/time-dad-hearing-ghost-sound-looked-stunned-faces-complete-bewilderment/feed/ 0 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 http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/heard-one-co-workers-say-oh-wow-makes-boobs-look-huge-door/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/heard-one-co-workers-say-oh-wow-makes-boobs-look-huge-door/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:17:00 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6574   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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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/heard-one-co-workers-say-oh-wow-makes-boobs-look-huge-door/feed/ 0 I believe in the goodness and grace of ordinary moments http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/believe-goodness-grace-ordinary-moments/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/believe-goodness-grace-ordinary-moments/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:04:33 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6512 Thankful Notes (#171) Sunday was, of course, Super Bowl Sunday… which meant we weren’t having our usual 5pm church service with a meal served after. It was also the week after Vision Day—our annual celebration of the good things from the previous year and a faith-filled look forward to what we will be doing together […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/believe-goodness-grace-ordinary-moments/feed/ 0 Please, please, please God, let it be. I mean, I’ve been through enough already this past year. http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/please-please-please-god-let-mean-ive-enough-already-past-year/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/please-please-please-god-let-mean-ive-enough-already-past-year/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2019 20:01:52 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6500 Thankful Notes (#79) (note: I’m writing a thankful note each day and posting on Facebook, but have not continued posting to the blog daily – occasionally I will add one here that I especially like) As I walked downstairs this morning and looked out the windows, I could see that much of the lake was […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/please-please-please-god-let-mean-ive-enough-already-past-year/feed/ 0 Thankful Notes: Just Another Boring Monday http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/thankful-notes-just-another-boring-monday/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/thankful-notes-just-another-boring-monday/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:35:23 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6492 Monday, August 26, 2019 Thankful Notes After a big and busy weekend, my day off. Nothing to Instagram. Just the same old (cherished) routines… Making breakfast. Added avocado to the grilled bread, egg, bacon today. That was good. Walked Camper and myself around the lake. Had a surprise visit from my dad (why this surprises […]

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