Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » misfits https://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 See the Beauty https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/see-the-beauty/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/see-the-beauty/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:00:36 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://briandolleman.wordpress.com/?p=1002 Each year, we put on a huge party for our community—the annual Halloween Kid’s Carnival. There’s a big circus tent, food trucks, music, inflatables, prizes, carnival games… and tons of candy. Two hundred volunteers serve. About three thousand people attend. It’s one of our biggest outreach events of the year. I spend part my time […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/see-the-beauty/feed/ 1 The People Jesus Is More “At Home” With https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/people-jesus-home/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/people-jesus-home/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:06:26 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4282 The following is a  quote from Jean Vanier’s book “From Brokenness To Community.” The broken and oppressed are teaching me what the good news is really about. One of the most moving moments for me in the gospels is the meeting of Jesus with the woman from Samaria. The Samaritans were a very rejected people. […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2014/people-jesus-home/feed/ 2 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 Blessed By The Misfits https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/blessed-misfits/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/blessed-misfits/#comments Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:50:33 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=3728 Two years ago, I did a series at my church called “Misfit Magnet.” It was all about the kind of people Jesus attracted. And, of course, the series referenced the Island of Misfit Toys from the classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV special. From time to time, we need to be reminded to suspend […]

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]]> https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/blessed-misfits/feed/ 2 Able To See Beautiful Treasure https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/able-to-see-beautiful-treasure/ https://www.northwestleader.com/2013/able-to-see-beautiful-treasure/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:53:55 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=2957   I have a thing for old German cars – Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Mercedes Benz… Any car from these automakers between 1960-1969 is of interest to me. I know a little bit about how much they’re worth when they have been restored, but my interest in these vehicles isn’t for business. I don’t care about […]

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