Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » faith https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Dancing In The Wind https://www.northwestleader.com/2022/dancing-wind/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2022/dancing-wind/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:57:26 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6813 What follows is the manuscript of my sermon – the first in a new series entitled, “Stretchy, Not Sketchy: Honest Conversations About Faith,” in which I attempt to make the case for a vibrant, living, growing faith that is flexible rather than being fundamentalist (rigid, inflexible). The video of the sermon is also available to […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2022/dancing-wind/feed/ 2 church fantasies I have https://www.northwestleader.com/2021/church-fantasies/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2021/church-fantasies/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:14:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6776 note: picture above is from our last community outreach event just before the pandemic hit—our annual Toy Give the other day in a staff meeting, a question came up about whether or not we should do more explaining to the church about why we are currently not having normal worship (congregational singing) in our services. […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2021/church-fantasies/feed/ 2 NWLife Weekly Conversation—Ray and Reyna Bardo https://www.northwestleader.com/2020/nwlife-weekly-conversation-ray-reyna-bardo/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2020/nwlife-weekly-conversation-ray-reyna-bardo/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:00:14 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6651 Here is our fifteenth NWLife video podcast featuring our weekly conversation. Today’s theme: A story of faith and love with Ray and Reyna Bardo Today, on Father’s Day, I’m sitting with our wonderful friends Ray and Reyna Bardo to hear their story of faith and love and survival. The video begins and ends with some words […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2020/nwlife-weekly-conversation-ray-reyna-bardo/feed/ 0 The Great Stripping Away (or—how I lost some of my faith) https://www.northwestleader.com/2019/great-stripping-away-lost-faith/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2019/great-stripping-away-lost-faith/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:48:41 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6496 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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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/hitting-wall/feed/ 1 Some Shoutables (Serious – Ya Gotta Take A Minute Or Two And Read These Great Posts) https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/shoutables-serious-ya-gotta-take-minute-two-read-great-posts/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/shoutables-serious-ya-gotta-take-minute-two-read-great-posts/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:00:36 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4595 On Today’s Sunday Shout-Outs, here are a few shoutables…   This post, Guard Your Gates by Sarah Bessey. Here’s my favorite line: “So, no, I don’t guard my gates against simply terrible or scary things anymore. Instead, I want to guard my gates against what diminishes wholeness and holiness in me. I guard against the influences that make […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/insecurity-is-a-carnival-mirror/feed/ 1 I Wouldn’t Even Mind If You Read These Three Posts (They’re Not Mine) https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/wouldnt-even-mind-read-three-posts-theyre-mine/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/wouldnt-even-mind-read-three-posts-theyre-mine/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:30:05 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4466 I wouldn’t even mind if you read these three posts (they’re not mind). Actually, I’d love for you to read them. And I kinda think you will love reading them. Um, what are you waiting for???!!?!   This post, A Few Things I’ve Learned As A Christian Outsider, by Benjamin Corey. Here’s a brief sample: […]

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