Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » forgiveness http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 The Irish Word For Forgiveness http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/irish-word-forgiveness/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/irish-word-forgiveness/#comments Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:00:32 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6114 Pádraig Ó Tuama, in his book of poems: Sorry For Your Troubles, says… The Irish word for forgiveness is maithiúnas. It comes from the word maith, meaning good. The word is the same, or similar, in Cymraeg, Gaelg, and Gaidhlig—other languages spoken across the islands of Britain and Ireland. To forgive someone is “to good” […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/irish-word-forgiveness/feed/ 0 Lent Day 36… The Little Tyrant Inside http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-36-little-tyrant-inside/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-36-little-tyrant-inside/#comments Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:00:37 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6067 You need power only when you want to do something harmful. Otherwise, love is enough to get everything done. —Charlie Chaplin Jean Vanier, in his book Community and Growth, wrote… We are so inclined to want authority for the honor, prestige and admiration that comes with it. Inside each of us is a little tyrant who […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-36-little-tyrant-inside/feed/ 2 Lent Day 33… If I Cannot Find The Face Of Jesus http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-33-find-face-jesus/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-33-find-face-jesus/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:00:00 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6053 Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this command to love our enemies is an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization. Yes, it is love that will save our world and civilization, love even for enemies. —Martin Luther King Jr. (sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, November 17, 1957) Jim […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/becoming-human/feed/ 3 Do You Know What God Dreams About? http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/know-god-dreams/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/know-god-dreams/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:34:36 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5643 *this post comes from Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s children’s book God’s Dream   Dear child of God, what do you dream about in your loveliest of dreams? Do you dream about flying high or rainbows reaching across the sky? Do you dream about being free to do what your heart desires? Or about being treated like […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/know-god-dreams/feed/ 0 Human Film: Life After Death, Love, Kindness http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/human-film-life-death-love-kindness/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/human-film-life-death-love-kindness/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:00:49 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5176 Here are 3 incredible excerpts from HUMAN, the new film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand… Life After Death Love From the Most Unlikely Place Kindness Can Come From Anywhere  

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/can-enemies-2/feed/ 1 This Is Not A Tupperware Party http://www.northwestleader.com/2013/this-is-not-a-tupperware-party/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2013/this-is-not-a-tupperware-party/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:27:36 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=2949   You are not just a recipient of God’s grace. Fundamental to what we believe about the kingdom of God is that we, the people of God, have been blessed by him—AND we are a blessing to the earth. We’re more than blessing containers. This is not a tupperware party. It’s not about storage. It’s […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2013/this-is-not-a-tupperware-party/feed/ 1 An Introduction to Straight Up G http://www.northwestleader.com/2013/an-introduction-to-straight-up-g/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2013/an-introduction-to-straight-up-g/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:13:24 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=2704   For whatever reason, the church (everywhere) has always been one big agenda magnet. It attracts people with specific agendas… You name it—somebody wants it. And they’ll fight to get it. To be honest, it annoys the snot out of me. Sometimes the agenda is for a good and worthy cause. Other times, the agendas […]

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