Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » David Dark https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Favorite Books Read In 2016 https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/favorite-books-read-2016/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/favorite-books-read-2016/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:35:25 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5791 I thought I’d share the list of my favorite books read in 2016. A new thing (for me anyway) that I’ve been doing is reading poetry and fiction… I think Brian Zahnd convicted me with something he wrote that included the following quote from Eugene Peterson: Isn’t it odd that pastors, who are responsible for […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/favorite-books-read-2016/feed/ 3 He Told Me He Was Muslim & Asked If He Could Attend My Church https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/told-muslim-asked-attend-church/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/told-muslim-asked-attend-church/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:27:52 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5685  For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. —2 Corinthians 5.19 A few years ago, I noticed a new family at the church – husband and wife along with their three kids. They were good at slipping […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/told-muslim-asked-attend-church/feed/ 1 A Place From Which Life Can Be Viewed & Lived More Redemptively https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/place-life-can-viewed-lived-redemptively/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/place-life-can-viewed-lived-redemptively/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:04:56 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5677 I recently read (and absolutely loved) a book by David Dark called The Sacredness of Questioning Everything. Among the many sections I highlighted in the book is this line: For some, their religion is nothing more than a special interest group, a bastion of offendedness and anger, the powerhouse of the saved – rather than […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/place-life-can-viewed-lived-redemptively/feed/ 0 Are We Big Enough For Questions? Do We Remain Capable Of Conversation? https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/big-enough-questions-remain-capable-conversation/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/big-enough-questions-remain-capable-conversation/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2016 18:47:13 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5542 *picture above: playing dominoes with my friend (and partner for the game) Anthony *     *     *     * A few weeks ago, I went to a birthday party for my friend Anthony. Somehow I got the time mixed up (probably because I didn’t ask the right questions ahead of time) […]

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