Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » belonging https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Role Reversal Communion Had Me Crying https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/role-reversal-communion-crying/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/role-reversal-communion-crying/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:09:08 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6440 At YOUTH last night, Pastor Andy gave a message about belonging. He talked about his love of the Muppets – particularly how they are such a collection of oddballs and misfits, but they somehow belong together. He also shared the passage from the book of Acts where Peter has a vision from God – and […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2018/role-reversal-communion-crying/feed/ 1 Lent Day 7… Have We Fallen Out Of Belonging? https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-7-fallen-belonging/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-7-fallen-belonging/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2017 13:00:21 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5908  Although we are many, we are one in Christ—and we belong to one another. —Romans 12.5 Sebastian Junger, in his fascinating book TRIBE: On Homecoming and Belonging, says: “Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It’s time for that to end. To say it bluntly, modern society seems to emphasize extrinsic […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-7-fallen-belonging/feed/ 3 Your Place At The Table Is Saved & It Is Safe https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/your-place-at-the-table-is-saved-it-is-safe/ https://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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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/your-place-at-the-table-is-saved-it-is-safe/feed/ 0 Didn’t Have To Run https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/didnt-have-to-run/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/didnt-have-to-run/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:00:17 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=2975 Yesterday, my wife was asking me about my younger years of rebellion—my “prodigal son” days. She wondered how far away from God I felt like I was back then… Did you believe you had run away from God? Did you see yourself as truly on the outside, no longer part of the family of God? […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/didnt-have-to-run/feed/ 1 Kindness Revealed https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/kindness-revealed/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/kindness-revealed/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 04:24:35 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=2991 As I have grown in my understanding of God, and in my relationship with him over the years, I’ve come to believe something about his nature… He is kind. I will have compassion on you with everlasting kindness, says the Lord —Isaiah 54.8 GWT His kindness is everlasting. And it’s not a hidden feature. Sometimes […]

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