Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » poverty https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 If I allow myself to be a companion of the poor, if they give me their permission to walk with them… https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/allow-companion-poor-give-permission-walk/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/allow-companion-poor-give-permission-walk/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2018 13:00:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6385 I’ve been reading a book called Spiritual Journeys – An Anthology of Writings by People Living and Working with Those on the Margins, compiled and edited by Stanislaus Kennedy. Some of the contributors to this book include Jean Vanier and Henri Nouwen (my favorites). The book includes a chapter by Edward J. Farrell – who […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/allow-companion-poor-give-permission-walk/feed/ 0 Advent Day 15: Stay Close To The Poor https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-15-stay-close-poor/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-15-stay-close-poor/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2017 13:00:46 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6289 I tore through Father Greg Boyle’s new book “Barking to the Choir” in a couple of days (a healthier option rather than Netflix binge-watching). He’s part poet, priest, comedian, and master story teller. This book tops my list of favorites from the past year and it’s one that I will re-read a number of times. […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-15-stay-close-poor/feed/ 2 Advent Day 7: Advent Isn’t A Guilt Trip But It Is A Journey Into Compassion https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-7-advent-isnt-guilt-trip-journey-compassion/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-7-advent-isnt-guilt-trip-journey-compassion/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2017 08:34:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6258 *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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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-7-advent-isnt-guilt-trip-journey-compassion/feed/ 1 Lent Day 23… On Care For Our Common Home https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-23-care-common-home/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-23-care-common-home/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:18:23 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6001 This beautiful prayer is Pope Francis’ “Laudato si” (On Care For Our Common Home)…   All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-23-care-common-home/feed/ 0 Lent Day 5… Beautiful People Do Not Just Happen https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/beautiful-people-just-happen/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/beautiful-people-just-happen/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:54:51 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5895 Suan (pronounced “swan”) is one of our youth leaders at church. His family is from Burma—and they have recently taken in a refugee from Burma to live with them. At our youth winter camp last month, I became curious about Suan’s family… wondering if perhaps they had been refugees themselves. I asked Suan at camp, […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/beautiful-people-just-happen/feed/ 1 Crickets https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/crickets/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/crickets/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:59:19 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5858 Crickets. That’s what you hear when you’re sitting around a campfire late in the evening. Not the sound of Fox News or CNN. Not the firing of weapons from Call of Duty. Just the joyful song of crickets. It’s also the description we give when there is absolutely no response to something… when people are […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/crickets/feed/ 2 Low & Slow Enough To Listen https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/low-slow-enough-listen/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/low-slow-enough-listen/#comments Mon, 02 May 2016 14:52:40 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5493 If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money. —John Updike I wonder if we are “maturing” to a place where most of what we do is a never ending cycle of producing and consuming, consuming and producing. Or […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/low-slow-enough-listen/feed/ 0 Where The Kingdom Of God Is Located https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/kingdom-god-located/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/kingdom-god-located/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:00:09 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5237 I love what Richard Beck has to say about the Kingdom of God… Jesus is telling us in the Beatitude where the Kingdom of God is located. And it’s located Jesus says, among the poor in spirit. Christianity is fundamentally about learning to see.
 That is what Jesus said, over and over.
 The Kingdom is […]

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