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The Sermon That Did Not Record Which Had Katy Perry and Frederick Buechner In It

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:05:36 +0000

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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What A Wonderful World

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:06:03 +0000

For the past 8 weeks, our church has been in a sermon series called “Unchained Joy” – looking at the book of Philippians, half a chapter each Sunday. The most cheerful book of the Bible was written from a first-century prison cell—and it reminds us that despite our difficulties, there is a joy that runs […]

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Advent Day 7: Advent Isn’t A Guilt Trip But It Is A Journey Into Compassion

Brian Dolleman — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 08:34:21 +0000

*Pictured above: Kahal, a homeless man I met this past Spring. He’s worked a number of jobs—in kitchens, landscaping, Uber driver… but has recently fallen on hard times. He doesn’t have an address right now, or a computer, and this makes applying for jobs a challenge. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with Kahal. He was pleasant, intelligent, and […]

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Laughter And The Bible

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:36:53 +0000

Frederick Buechner, in his book Peculiar Treasures, writes: Quantitatively speaking, you don’t find all that much laughter in the Bible, but, qualitatively, there’s nothing quite like it to be found anywhere else. There are a couple of chapters in the book of Genesis that positively shake with it. Sarah was never going to see ninety again, […]

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It Doesn’t Look As If There’s A Hero Among Them

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 15:32:01 +0000

*photo above: guys who live in the local group recovery home—helping build 300 bicycles for our Bike Give last month We are currently in a series on the Beatitudes of Jesus at church… it’s called “Dance to the Beat.” The following is Frederick Buechner’s thoughts on the Beatitudes from his book Whistling in the Dark: […]

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Have We Lost Our Imagination?

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 16:11:46 +0000

I recently said, “I think compassion is a muscle and the church has atrophy. Time to build some muscle.” Another muscle withering away due to neglect is imagination. We have lost our imagination. I think this happens because we are so easily tempted to mimic, copy, follow, and accept status quo as reasonable and good […]

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Do You Remember Who You Are?

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:55:21 +0000

Do you remember who you are? I mean, the real you – deep down inside. The you created in God’s image and likeness. The you who is God’s masterpiece. The uniquely gifted you. The one and only you, free from all the comparisons and advertising and marketing and demands and peer pressure and… Do you […]

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Considering Who Is In Those Pews

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:30:25 +0000

In Frederick Buechner‘s book Telling The Truth – The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale, he briefly describes a few people sitting in those pews on a Sunday morning… “In the front pews the old ladies turn up their hearing aids, and a young lady slips her six year old a Lifesaver and a […]

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