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Seeing What They Carry

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:59:29 +0000

At church the other night, I noticed something happen during our 5pm service… a family came in late, just after the ushers had finished passing around communion. This family found seats in the back. I watched as two ushers hustled over to them with communion trays – they wanted to make sure everyone had been […]

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Loving People Means Divesting Ourselves of Status

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:00:34 +0000

*picture above: Henri Nouwen, attempting to ride a skateboard On Sunday, my sermon was about “leadership” – I was attempting to point out that the world’s idea of leadership doesn’t hold much water in the kingdom of God. The big idea of the message, the call to action, was to “base my leadership success […]

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To Remember That Stooping & Serving Is Beautiful

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:28:48 +0000

I remember when I first heard about a pastor who had his own personal chef, chauffeur, and tailor. My mind was blown. Wow! Holy cow! So…. THIS is success. THIS is what arriving looks like. THIS is a thing of beauty and I want to get there some day too. I thought: I need to […]

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The Flight Simulator Church

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:58:12 +0000

I remember hearing Paul Scanlon use the analogy of a flight simulator to describe what church is often like… “The church I grew up in was great. I loved the people. We all knew each other and loved each other—and we loved God. But we were turned inward. We liked things as they were and […]

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