Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » religion https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Religion and Religious People I Like and Want to be Like https://www.northwestleader.com/2021/religion-religious-people-like-want-like/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2021/religion-religious-people-like-want-like/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:55:37 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6779 It’s got to have good humor, readily able to laugh at itself and its own goofs and quirks and gaffes and screw ups and oddities. And it must not take itself too seriously—that’s far too wearying of an existence for someone who has come to Jesus and discovered the easiness of yoke and lightness of […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/sunday-shout-outs-4/feed/ 1 Found People Find People https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/found-people-find-people/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/found-people-find-people/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:43:10 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3082   I know we like to think we found God. It feels good to believe “we found love in a hopeless place” like Rihanna sings. Expressions like “he found religion” reinforce the idea that we, while searching for treasure, made a great discovery. But that’s just not how it happens. God, the Great Treasure, pursues […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/found-people-find-people/feed/ 0 Depth Over Display https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/depth-over-display/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/depth-over-display/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:25:55 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3022   Roots aren’t very sexy but they are absolutely necessary. They don’t get noticed or applauded. They exist under the surface and they grow slowly. Roots aren’t photogenic. They’ll never make the cover of a magazine. Without deep roots, there will be no leaves, flowers, or fruit. Jesus talked about this. While teaching the parable […]

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