Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » acceptance http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Thinking About That Time When I Was Enough http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/thinking-time-enough/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/thinking-time-enough/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:36:00 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5774 Recently some friends of ours showed up at church. It was a happy surprise—I wasn’t expecting to see them. They don’t exactly live in the Renton/Kent area, and I haven’t seen them in years… decades. Who are they? Pastor Lou and Sandra—the ones who took a chance on me. My very first ministry position was […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/thinking-time-enough/feed/ 2 And What Do We Have Here? http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/and-what-do-we-have-here/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/and-what-do-we-have-here/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:49:37 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5736 I remember years ago hearing leadership guru John Maxwell talking about “Putting a ’10′ on everyone’s head.” He was encouraging us to see people as valuable, worthy of our time and attention. Then yesterday, I watched the first episode of the newly released Black Mirror (season 3) on Netflix. Black Mirror is often described as […]

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