Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Christian Life https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Our Addiction to Adventure https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/addiction-adventure/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/addiction-adventure/#comments Tue, 05 May 2015 17:57:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4838 I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the repetitive nature of the Christian life. Yeah, I know, this isn’t exactly an “amen” worthy point. It is true though. Eat this bread. Drink this cup. Do it again. And again. I mean, when will we have read our Bibles enough? Is it possible to have fulfilled […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/addiction-adventure/feed/ 0 Don’t Be A Religious Cliché. Be A Real Human Being. Belong To The Human Race. https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/dont-religious-cliche-real-human-belong-human-race/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/dont-religious-cliche-real-human-belong-human-race/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:00:17 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4632 Belong by Brian Zahnd Let Christ inform all of life Don’t be a religious cliché Be a real human being Belong to the human race Belong to the woods Belong to the city Go for long walks Learn to appreciate art Take up the violin Cultivate culinary skills Read War and Peace Laugh more than […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/joyful-mind/feed/ 0 List From Louise: This Will Keep Me Busy For The Rest Of My Life https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/list-louise-will-keep-busy-rest-life/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/list-louise-will-keep-busy-rest-life/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:28:19 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4507 Louise is a new friend of mine. She loves to read and travel, so we pretty much “get” each other. The other day, Louise shared a comment on my blog – actually, it was a list. She wasn’t giving me a to-do list; she was sharing hers. Here’s what Louise said… This will keep me […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/list-louise-will-keep-busy-rest-life/feed/ 3 Sundays Are For Sharing https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/sundays-sharing/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/sundays-sharing/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:30:17 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4317 I read some great stuff on a few of my favorite websites / blogs this week – and since Sundays are for sharing, I’m passing them on to you…   This post, “The Problem With Black & White Thinking” by Donald Miller. I really love this part: “Black-and-white thinking is attractive because it’s reductionistic; it […]

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