Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Humility http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 What Henri Said http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/henri-said/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/henri-said/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:42:02 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6378 There is much emphasis on notoriety and fame in our society. Our newspapers and television keep giving us the message: What counts is to be known, praised, and admired, whether you are a writer, an actor, a musician, or a politician. Still, real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/henri-said/feed/ 0 The Illusion of Superiority http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/illusion-superiority/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/illusion-superiority/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:49:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6121 We are in a series on the Beatitudes of Jesus at church right now… it’s called “Dance to the Beat.” One of my favorite lines came from a message on humility: The essence of “God blesses those who are humble (or those who are meek)” is that God can work with people who don’t think […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/illusion-superiority/feed/ 3 Lent Day 34… Maybe You Weren’t Made For Greatness http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-34-maybe-werent-made-greatness/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-34-maybe-werent-made-greatness/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:00:14 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6057 Question: does a palm tree have to be “great” in order for it to be valuable, useful, beautiful, or special? Does it matter if it is the tallest or fastest or largest? Do we need palm tree competitions and palm tree awards to validate their existence? God does not demand that I be successful. God […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-34-maybe-werent-made-greatness/feed/ 5 Grow Innerly Rather Than Outperformingly http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/grow-innerly-rather-outperformingly/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/grow-innerly-rather-outperformingly/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:42:19 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5206 Quoting from Luci Shaw’s book Adventure of Ascent… Today, an email message from an organization known as Training Summits, inviting me to become part of a team of executives and visionaries—trainers whose agenda it is to help their trainees to “outperform.” I’m willing to admit that there’s a certain value in efficient, forward-looking planning and […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/grow-innerly-rather-outperformingly/feed/ 1 How Far Do I Have To Go Before Just Admitting That I Screwed Up? http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/far-go-just-admitting-screwed/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/far-go-just-admitting-screwed/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:00:02 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5072 Almost 20 years ago, one of the key guys on my youth ministry team was getting credentialed as a minister. He’d graduated from college, answered the right questions, made it through the interview, and was becoming an official “Rev.” So I got him a nice Bible with “Reverend” and his name in gold on the […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/check/feed/ 2 A True Story About Pizza, Tipping, And The Cost Of Not Being Able To Be Questioned http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/true-story-pizza-tipping-cost-able-questioned/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2015/true-story-pizza-tipping-cost-able-questioned/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:10:03 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4894 The following is a true story… In a land far, far away (Yakima, Washington), I was riding high. My youth ministry was the biggest thing in town and we were on the verge of launching another service at Central Washington University. I had several employees working for me and a crazy band of leaders who […]

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