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Maybe We’re Addicted To Bad News

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:04:29 +0000

I once heard Paul Scanlon say something like this: A bad report makes it around the track 10 times before a good report gets around once. Headlines aren’t made with sweet stories of love and peace and harmony, now are they? Maybe we’re addicted to bad news – so addicted that we can’t recognize what’s […]

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Doing Great Things Without Becoming Darth Vader

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:01:33 +0000

Leadership—specifically Christian leadership—is a messy business. It’s messy because it’s never pure. The motive behind what we do is a mixture of Ego, Ambition, & Holy Calling. And there is this shadowy dark side that goes along with our leadership strengths – what I call the Underbelly of (Christian) Leadership. Is it possible to do […]

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Leadership Bites: Reading Outside Your Tribe

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 27 May 2014 13:00:30 +0000

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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A Challenge & A Prayer For Us From Paul Scanlon

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:23:03 +0000

In the final service of the day (on Sunday, May 18th) Paul Scanlon concluded his message with a challenge and a prayer for us… Challenge: That little 1% that makes you different from everyone else is what society and education is not good at helping you find – because there is comfort in safety and […]

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Agricultural vs Manufacturing Approach to People

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 19 May 2014 15:16:47 +0000

Last night concluded our Together Nights at NWLife. Paul Scanlon spoke a message entitled “The Crisis of Human Flourishing.” After reading the parable, Let The Rabbits Run, from Soar With Your Strengths, he talked about the importance of growing people… Growing the church and growing people are two different things. Should we use people 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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