Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » fear http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 It’s In The Approach http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/approach/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/approach/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2019 21:10:46 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6457 A few weeks ago on the first day of our big Seattle snow, I went for a walk with my dog around Lake Wilderness. It was morning, and the park was blanketed with thick snow and a silent hush. When we walked along the trail near the water’s edge, I noticed the blue heron sitting […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/approach/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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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/and-what-do-we-have-here/feed/ 2 I have waged this war against myself http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/waged-war/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/waged-war/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:43:15 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5588 I have waged this war against myself for many years. It was terrible, but now I am disarmed. I am no longer frightened of anything because love banishes fear. I am disarmed of the need to be right And to justify myself by disqualifying others. I am no longer on the defensive holding onto my […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/waged-war/feed/ 1 At The Crossroad Of Fear http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/crossroad-fear/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/crossroad-fear/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:50:47 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5577 While out on the trail around Lake Wilderness yesterday, I was listening to a Fr. Richard Rohr homily. He said something that hit me like a beam of light… “Are there any other emotions in our country besides anger and fear?” He went on to say that anger and fear are bottom-of-the-barrel motivators. Yes! I believe […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/crossroad-fear/feed/ 4 Invested In Fear by Jason Wiedel http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/invested-fear-jason-wiedel/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/invested-fear-jason-wiedel/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2016 13:00:42 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5569 from Jason Wiedel’s blog I have noticed that there is always something for Christians to fear. At least that is what they tell us. When I was a kid it was Satanism, Dungeons & Dragons, heavy metal music and anything with a whiff of the occult. The teenagers of the 80′s who ignored the warnings […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/invested-fear-jason-wiedel/feed/ 2 Indoor Gardening Tips From Man Who Is Very Afraid Of Plants http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/indoor-gardening-tips-man-afraid-plants/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/indoor-gardening-tips-man-afraid-plants/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:03:02 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5411 A little something my friend Karelys shared with me: This video is all kinds of ridiculousness and I love it… Christopher Walken on SNL playing a man who is very afraid of plants giving gardening tips – most specifically, putting googly eyes on them. Maybe the takeaway is something like this: don’t get advice from […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/indoor-gardening-tips-man-afraid-plants/feed/ 0 No Strength From Fear http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/strength-fear/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/strength-fear/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2015 15:07:24 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5078 Towards the end of Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder talks to the doctor who is attending Lord Marchmain – who is on the verge of dying… “He’s got a marvelous will to live, hasn’t he?” The doctor says, “Would you put it like that? I should say a great fear of death.” “Is there a difference?” […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/strength-fear/feed/ 1 Shouting About These Two Posts http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/shouting-two-posts/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/shouting-two-posts/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:00:46 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4653 It’s Sunday – and I like to give some shout outs (what I read online during the past week that I think is worth your time too). So, I’m shouting about these two posts… This post, Love In The Time Of Ebola by Jayson D. Bradley. Here’s my favorite line: “Tragedy isn’t an opportunity to […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/shouting-two-posts/feed/ 0 Beautiful Words http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/beautiful-words/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/beautiful-words/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:05:04 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4288 It’s time for Sunday Shout Outs – where I share some what I enjoyed from around the web this past week. I think you’ll also enjoy the beautiful words in these three blog posts:   This post, “Cough. Breathe. Cancer. Dance.” by Shawn Smucker.   This post, “His Love Made Me Fearless” by Cassi Clerget. […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/beautiful-words/feed/ 0 Your Place At The Table Is Saved & It Is Safe http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/your-place-at-the-table-is-saved-it-is-safe/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/your-place-at-the-table-is-saved-it-is-safe/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:00:49 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=2981 I don’t know what the vision statement of the church I grew up in was, but if I were to guess based on the rapture movies they used to show, it’d be something like: We exist to scare the hell out of everyone. Yes, I had nightmares about missing the rapture, heads being chopped off, […]

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