Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » brian zahnd https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 The Sermon That Did Not Record Which Had Katy Perry and Frederick Buechner In It https://www.northwestleader.com/2022/sermon-record-katy-perry-frederick-buechner/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2022/sermon-record-katy-perry-frederick-buechner/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:05:36 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6795 Yesterday, after our church service ended, I picked up my phone from the chair and was surprised to see I had a text message notification from my wife. She had been there with me, in that same service, up on the stage and down on the first row. My first thought was that maybe she […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2022/sermon-record-katy-perry-frederick-buechner/feed/ 2 Maybe We Need To Recover Our Imagination https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/maybe-need-recover-imagination/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/maybe-need-recover-imagination/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:00:38 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6374 *photo above: Scott Erickson painting during his one-man show “We Are Not Troubled Guests” at NWLife’s Together Night   Sometimes I wonder, have we lost our imagination? Stewart Henderson, in his poem I Believe says, ‪Propagandists are excellent mimics But don’t expect them to say anything original. I believe in doubt I believe doubt is […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/maybe-need-recover-imagination/feed/ 2 Here’s My Favorite Books I Read In 2017 https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/heres-favorite-books-read-2017/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/heres-favorite-books-read-2017/#comments Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:00:23 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6324 Here’s my favorite books I read in 2017, in no particular order (not all of these books were released in 2017—some are much older… I just read them this year – also, click on the picture of the book to view on Amazon): Barking to the Choir by Father Greg Boyle   Glory Happening by […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/illusion-superiority/feed/ 3 Lent Day 19… The Beatitudes Are The Antithesis Of What America Has Come To Adore https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-19-beatitudes-antithesis-america-come-adore/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-19-beatitudes-antithesis-america-come-adore/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:00:20 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5977 It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed—this, despite the gospel. —Howard Thurman Brian Zahnd, in his book Beauty Will Save The World, says: The Beatitudes are deliberately designed to shock us. If […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-19-beatitudes-antithesis-america-come-adore/feed/ 1 What The Spirit of the Age Blesses vs What Jesus Blesses https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/spirit-age-blesses-vs-jesus-blesses/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/spirit-age-blesses-vs-jesus-blesses/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2017 21:57:40 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5845 The following is from Brian Zahnd’s recent sermon on the Beatitudes entitled, “The Declaration of Blessedness.” *     *     * The spirit of the age blesses the cocky and self-confident… But Jesus blesses the poor in spirit. The spirit of the age blesses those who are shallow and thus happy all the time… But […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/saving-quotes/feed/ 0 The Gardener by Brian Zahnd https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/gardener-brian-zahnd/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/gardener-brian-zahnd/#comments Sun, 08 May 2016 13:00:14 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5514 I’ve been thinking a lot about metaphors lately—especially the ones most commonly used in church. Whatever metaphor or metaphors we choose to be primary will inevitably shape both our perspective and approach—how we think and how we behave. The military metaphor is one we’re all familiar with. “I’m in the Lord’s army… Yes Sir!” (I […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/gardener-brian-zahnd/feed/ 1 Why I Want These “Feminine” Qualities https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/want-feminine-qualities/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/want-feminine-qualities/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2016 23:06:50 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5366 *picture above: Coptic Ethiopian painting of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet.  I couldn’t resist clicking. The title read, What a Leader Needs Now: 7 ‘Feminine’ Qualities. And here’s what the Inc.com article had to say… *     *     *     * Labeling traits as masculine or feminine reflects popular perception rather […]

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