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Some Shoutables (Serious – Ya Gotta Take A Minute Or Two And Read These Great Posts)

Brian Dolleman — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 13:00:36 +0000

On Today’s Sunday Shout-Outs, here are a few shoutables… This post, Guard Your Gates by Sarah Bessey. Here’s my favorite line: “So, no, I don’t guard my gates against simply terrible or scary things anymore. Instead, I want to guard my gates against what diminishes wholeness and holiness in me. I guard against the influences that make […]

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When We Sound Like Kanye West (Or How Honor Doesn’t Work)

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:31:32 +0000

You’ve probably heard all about it already. Over the weekend, Kanye did another one of those Kanye things that makes him look like a self-important jerk. Quoting from The Independent: The star stopped the show in Sydney on Friday night and insisted that every member of the audience got up and danced. Kanye told the […]

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Your Twitter Bio Makes Me Feel Like A Total Loser

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:17:57 +0000

Because I’m a pastor, I pretty regularly get followed on Twitter by other Christian leaders (that I don’t know) from all over the place. And for some reason, I receive a weekly e-mail from Twitter showing me these new followers – along with their profile picture and Twitter bio. These Twitter bios make me feel […]

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Doing Great Things Without Becoming Darth Vader

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:01:33 +0000

Leadership—specifically Christian leadership—is a messy business. It’s messy because it’s never pure. The motive behind what we do is a mixture of Ego, Ambition, & Holy Calling. And there is this shadowy dark side that goes along with our leadership strengths – what I call the Underbelly of (Christian) Leadership. Is it possible to do […]

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Ego, Ambition, & Holy Calling

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:15:33 +0000

Several years ago, I heard a well-known mega-church personality talk about the imperfect blend of motivations behind every Christian leader who has a platform and a microphone. He said, “I’m a piece of work. All pastors are. Think about it. What makes me believe I should be standing here on this stage with a microphone […]

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