Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Maple Valley https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 There Is Joy In This World https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/joy-world/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/joy-world/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:00:11 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6362 You direct me on the path that leads to a beautiful life. As I walk with You… I know true joy and contentment. —Psalm 16.11 Our home is near Lake Wilderness in Maple Valley. Just a block-and-a-half from our neighborhood is the trail that leads to all my favorite places… the lake, the arboretum, the river, the forest, […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/joy-world/feed/ 1 You Swirling Tornado of a Human Being https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/swirling-tornado-human/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/swirling-tornado-human/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:22:04 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5148 note: picture above is from the field at the end of my favorite walking/running trail near my home – the trail ends in a wide-open field – the stacks of wooden boxes are bee hives, and they are from Yakima, WA – some 137 miles away from Maple Valley. *     *     […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/swirling-tornado-human/feed/ 3 I Wish We Were Weird Like That https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/wish-weird-like/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/wish-weird-like/#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:53:28 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3763 I wish we Christians would be weird differently. We’re all weird. I am, that’s for sure. People generally think I’m weird when I talk about not liking white things that spread (mayo, miracle whip, sour cream, cream cheese). Nobody agrees with me when I say, “I don’t like Tom Hanks as an actor.” Instead, people […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/wish-weird-like/feed/ 14 Gotta Share https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/gotta-share/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/gotta-share/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2013 12:35:47 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3458 Here are some things I watched/read online this past week and gotta share with you – because they’re that good…   This post by Allison Vesterfelt, Why I Quit Being Nice. I love the word she’s exchanging for nice (it’s a word that gets an entire chapter in my upcoming book).   This post by […]

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