Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Light https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 The Light That Sweeps Over The Garden https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/light-sweeps-garden/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/light-sweeps-garden/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:00:37 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6100 Wilderness and desert will sing joyously, the badlands will celebrate and flower—Like the crocus in spring, bursting into blossom, a symphony of song and color. —Isaiah 35.1-2 A sound behind her stirs A scatter of bright birdsong through the air. She turns, but cannot focus through her tears, Or recognize the Gardener standing there. She […]

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