Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » jesus https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Finding Our Groove (in the Jesus way of contemplation and action) https://www.northwestleader.com/2023/finding-groove-jesus-way-contemplation-action/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2023/finding-groove-jesus-way-contemplation-action/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2023 23:00:31 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6835 Occasionally there is a technical hiccup and our church service doesn’t record and/or upload to all the socials… and this Sunday was one of those times. Because this message is so central to our church, I feel like the notes are essential and should be on record. So, here they are: I worked at the […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/jesus-tell-buy-swords/feed/ 4 Identifiably Strange (An Excerpt) https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/identifiably-strange-excerpt/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/identifiably-strange-excerpt/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:19:52 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4721 I wrote a book, which is coming out this month. The following is an excerpt…   Recently, while spending a month living in the Italian countryside, I was constantly aware of how much we stood out. Our strangeness was completely obvious to the locals… All three of us have blue eyes and pale skin. We […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/identifiably-strange-excerpt/feed/ 2 When What We Say About People Sounds Like The Devil Talking https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/say-people-sounds-like-devil-talking/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/say-people-sounds-like-devil-talking/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:00:05 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3856 Certain sounds are easily identifiable. Think old Volkswagens. Or Harley Davidson motorcycles. Sometimes, you can even tell where a person is from by the words they use or how they say them. You’ve probably already taken the “How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk” language test, right? I felt pretty good about my results… I’m […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/say-people-sounds-like-devil-talking/feed/ 4 Jesus Had No Trouble With The Exceptions https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/jesus-trouble-exceptions/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/jesus-trouble-exceptions/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:26:54 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4477 The picture above is of the flowering cereus that blooms at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species bloom only once a year—for a single night. The following are quotes from Richard Rohr‘s book Falling Upward… *    *    *    * Our daily experience of this world is almost nothing like Plato’s […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/jesus-trouble-exceptions/feed/ 2 Where Steams Flow Uphill: This Upside Down Kingdom https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/steams-flow-uphill-upside-kingdom/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/steams-flow-uphill-upside-kingdom/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:36:20 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4375 I believe the Kingdom of God is more upside down than we realize. Where down is up, the last are first, slaves are free, enemies are loved, and the weak are strong. Where streams flow uphill… This upside down Kingdom. Donald Kraybill, in his book The Upside Down Kingdom, says: The Kingdom is full of […]

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