Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » growth https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Lent Day 18… The Challenge Is To Keep Discovering The Green Growing Edge https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-18-challenge-keep-discovering-green-growing-edge/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-18-challenge-keep-discovering-green-growing-edge/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:00:53 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5963 The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge. —Howard […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-18-challenge-keep-discovering-green-growing-edge/feed/ 4 To Give Space https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/give-space/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2016/give-space/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:51:57 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=5659 An excerpt from Jean Vanier’s book Community & Growth: To welcome is one of the signs of true human and Christian maturity. It is not only to open one’s door and one’s home to someone. It is to give space to someone in one’s heart, space for that person to be and to grow; space […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2015/grow-innerly-rather-outperformingly/feed/ 1 May Leadership Be For You A True Adventure Of Growth https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/may-leadership-true-adventure-growth/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/may-leadership-true-adventure-growth/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:00:46 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4580 The following is from John O’Donohue’s book To Bless The Space Between Us – a book of blessings FOR A LEADER: May you have the grace and wisdom To act kindly, learning To distinguish between what is Personal and what is not. May you be hospitable to criticism. May you never put yourself at the […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/great-things-without-becoming-darth-vader/feed/ 7 Leadership Bites: Reading Outside Your Tribe https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/leadership-bites-reading-outside-tribe/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/leadership-bites-reading-outside-tribe/#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 13:00:30 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4162 In today’s Leadership Bites (6 minute leadership podcast), Andy Jones and I talk about the kind of reading that causes growth in our lives.     QUESTION: What are you currently reading?  

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/lincoln-wants-pennies-thats-just-fine/feed/ 1 Part of the Adventure is Knowing How to Grow & Change https://www.northwestleader.com/2010/part-of-the-adventure-is-knowing-how-to-grow-change/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2010/part-of-the-adventure-is-knowing-how-to-grow-change/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:35:09 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://briandolleman.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/part-of-the-adventure-is-knowing-how-to-grow-change/ Part of living the adventure is knowing how to grow and change. Spiritual growth (growing in our relationship with God) isn’t something we do once and complete – it is a daily necessity. One of my pastors would always say: “you grow daily or die gradually.” The apostle Paul said: “I pray that you will […]

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