Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Laughter https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Laughter And The Bible https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/laughter-bible/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/laughter-bible/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:36:53 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6179 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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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/laughter-bible/feed/ 0 Lent Day 11… First Sadness, Then Gladness https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-11-first-sadness-gladness/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-11-first-sadness-gladness/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:00:23 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5925 Today’s Lent post is from Walter Brueggemann’s devotional book, A Way Other Than Our Own. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. —Luke 6.21b, 25b In his “woe,” Jesus reviews the “laugh now” party. The “laugh now” party consists […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/need-laughter-lord/feed/ 3 21 Things I’ve Learned In 21 Years Of Marriage https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/21-things-ive-learned-21-years-marriage/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/21-things-ive-learned-21-years-marriage/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2014 13:00:47 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4302 Today is our 21 year anniversary. Yup. 21 years ago, I was 21 years old (and Shari was 22). We had a Friday night wedding – on a budget (which means we had cake at the reception, but not a meal). We were young, in love, and ready to begin our life together. Here are […]

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