Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » love http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Church Without All The BS http://www.northwestleader.com/2021/church-without-bs/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2021/church-without-bs/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:52:52 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6786 These are the notes from my sermon preached on 11.21.21 at NWLife Church – the 9th in a series of 10 sermons based on the book of Nehemiah called “When Everything’s On Fire.” The title of my sermon today is: “Church Without All The BS.” Up to this point, Nehemiah has had quite the journey… A […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2021/church-without-bs/feed/ 1 NWLife Weekly Conversation—Ray and Reyna Bardo http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/nwlife-weekly-conversation-ray-reyna-bardo/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/nwlife-weekly-conversation-ray-reyna-bardo/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:00:14 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6651 Here is our fifteenth NWLife video podcast featuring our weekly conversation. Today’s theme: A story of faith and love with Ray and Reyna Bardo Today, on Father’s Day, I’m sitting with our wonderful friends Ray and Reyna Bardo to hear their story of faith and love and survival. The video begins and ends with some words […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2020/nwlife-weekly-conversation-ray-reyna-bardo/feed/ 0 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 40 Love Lessons http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/40-love-lessons/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/40-love-lessons/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:30:50 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6454 I’m reading Jacqueline Bussie’s new book, Love Without Limits. In her chapter on “A Mother’s Love [Charlotte],” she writes 40 love lessons from her mom… (note: I’ve bolded my favorites) 1. Even if you are not a great singer, sing anyway. God will love the sound of your voice, simply because it is yours. 2. […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2019/40-love-lessons/feed/ 0 The Difference Between Being Motivated By Power And Being Motivated By Love http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/difference-motivated-power-motivated-love/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/difference-motivated-power-motivated-love/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2018 21:30:51 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6369 The church has never done well when it was latched onto power. The church has always done better when it was on the margins. —Dr. Joseph B. Modica I suppose it would be a colossal understatement to say there is a lot of hierarchy in church. With all the titles and positions, posturing and power-grabbing, […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2018/difference-motivated-power-motivated-love/feed/ 1 Advent Day 16: Our True Height In Love http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-16-true-height-love/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/advent-day-16-true-height-love/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:11:37 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6298 *photo above: kids at last night’s Toy Give at NWLife – over 400 children received Christmas gifts Father Greg Boyle tells the story of a homie named Fili and a volunteer at Homeboy Industries named Ms. June… One of our tutors at Homeboy, Ms. June, is managing a roomful of students, whom she is teaching […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/light-sweeps-garden/feed/ 0 Lent Day 38… To See Them Like Children http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-38-see-like-children/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-38-see-like-children/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2017 01:32:00 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6080 Normally I have been posting each morning for this Lent series – but it is Spring Break and we are in Portland. Anyway, the internet was down at the Airbnb place we rented, so it’s only now that I’ve been able to get online. Today is Maundy Thursday. If you look that up on Wikipedia, it’ll […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-38-see-like-children/feed/ 2 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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