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Dancing In The Wind

Brian Dolleman — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:57:26 +0000

What follows is the manuscript of my sermon – the first in a new series entitled, “Stretchy, Not Sketchy: Honest Conversations About Faith,” in which I attempt to make the case for a vibrant, living, growing faith that is flexible rather than being fundamentalist (rigid, inflexible). The video of the sermon is also available to […]

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Most Of Us Have To Hit Some Kind Of Bottom Before We Can Even Start The Real Spiritual Journey

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 14:47:13 +0000

From Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward… God must say after each failure of ours, “Oh, here is a great opportunity! Let’s see how we can work with this!” After our ego-inflating successes, God surely says, “Well, nothing new or good is going to happen here!” Failure and suffering are the great equalizers and levelers among humans. […]

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14 Good & Bad Stains 2014 Left On Me

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:22:25 +0000

*note: The picture above was taken through the window of my room at the Los Angeles Dream Center from our recent trip with a crew from NWLife – serving for a week there. I’m so ready for 2015. This year—while it wasn’t all bad—certainly had more than it’s fair share of bad news. I’ve felt […]

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A Joyful Mind

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:13:32 +0000

In his book The Naked Now, Richard Rohr asks, “What might a joyful mind be?” Here are some of his answers… When your mind does not need to be right. When you no longer need to compare yourself with others. When your mind can be creative, but without needing anyone to know. When you can live […]

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Jesus Had No Trouble With The Exceptions

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:26:54 +0000

The picture above is of the flowering cereus that blooms at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species bloom only once a year—for a single night. The following are quotes from Richard Rohr‘s book Falling Upward… * * * * Our daily experience of this world is almost nothing like Plato’s […]

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Shadow Work

Brian Dolleman — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:30:34 +0000

First, let me start with something light and funny. I received the following e-mail from Andy Jones the other day: “Working on some Celebrate Recovery stuff and came across these self evaluation questions… Have you exaggerated yourself to make yourself look better? In what areas of your past have you used false humility? Hahahahahahahahahaha All […]

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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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Will We Go The World’s Way Or Another Way?

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 07 May 2014 13:00:59 +0000

We’ve been invited to participate in the Kingdom of God—right here, right now. This isn’t one of those “mark your calendar” invitations for a future date. There is a default kingdom we have been experiencing and functioning in for our entire lives… the kingdom of the world. It has its perspectives, its attitudes, its practices, […]

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Richer Is Always Better

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:10:26 +0000

When I was in first grade, one of the kids in my class told me how girls get pregnant. Before this, I hadn’t given it much thought. But now I knew the facts of life because Steven explained them to me. Here’s what he said: If you look at a girl’s belly button, she’ll get […]

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