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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 98 min read
Wicked: Singing a Cry for Shalom (Ethics series part 2)
This past week I saw the movie version of the musical Wicked . Not knowing the plot line, I was looking forward to an afternoon of light...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 17 min read
The Ethics of Being Light - an introduction
It’s dark when I wake up this time of year. Very dark, especially where we live, in the cloudy northwest, in the forest, in a place with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 275 min read
Heart Health for the Holidays
I’ll be writing about some weightier matters here soon, but for this week, as the holiday season begins, I want to invite you to a life...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 105 min read
Rooted & Stable: No Matter Who Wins
The level of anxiety right now in American culture is palpable, but it's not just America. It seems that people around the globe have a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 287 min read
‘The Light in the Wardrobe’ Finding Your Best Life by trusting 'the fall line' more than planning
We couldn’t find the campsite this past Monday evening up near Mt Baker, so instead of camping, we walked around ‘picture lake’ at dusk...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 54 min read
When Prayers are a Bad Idea
Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 289 min read
Shalom Living - A Practical Path to Daily Peace
NOTE: Whether it’s the bestselling ‘The Anxious Generation’ , the timeless plots from Shakespeare revealing humanity’s seeming addiction...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 167 min read
Domination: The ‘Why’ of evil, fear, anxiety and violence
As you might know, I’m presently writing about the two fundamental paradigms that have governed humanity for all time. I’m doing this...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 137 min read
Catching Fire: Steps to lighting the hidden kindling in our lives
My father-in-law accidentally bought a wood stove shop over 40 years ago. He thought he simply bought a building, but apparently didn’t...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 126 min read
Domination or Shalom: Your Most Vital Choice...Choose Wisely!
A recent article highlighted a conversation in England about the degree to which some caretakers of public spaces are struggling to deal...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 32 min read
Rex Lex vs Lex Rex
NOTE: I posted this on Facebook earlier this week, and because of the large response, though it appropriate to share with those who...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 158 min read
Reading (and Writing) Summer 24
It's been a very long time since I was able to write here because, while my official retirement from my role at Bethany Community Church...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 145 min read
"this ad is bulls*&%$" - the challenge of knowing truth in this era and why it matters
A mutual friend was watching the super bowl with a group of people who aren't Christ followers. He shared that when the ad about Jesus...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 225 min read
Face to Face Social Connections: For Faith and Heart Health
NOTE: This is part of a series about heart health, based on the premise that “what’s good the heart (physical) is good for the heart...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 25 min read
Four Values to Define 2024
I’m generally an optimist, but looking ahead to 2024 is challenging that tendency. The wars, violence, tribalism, loneliness, addiction,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 15, 20234 min read
Chosen to shine. The (true) Tale of an "Advent Tree"
(Not once upon a time, but just a few weeks ago in real life)…there was a lady of the forest. She loved the trees and walked among them,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 9, 20237 min read
Move! The Spirit’s “why” for exercise
If you’ll recall, we’re in a series about the health of the heart, and exploring the sweet spot where the physical heart overlaps with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 27, 20236 min read
The Vagus Nerve: Where Spirit meets Body meets Jesus
Note to reader: This is part three in a series about the relationship between your spiritual health and the health of your spiritual...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 4, 20239 min read
What’s First: ____ & ___!!
Note to reader: This is part two in an ongoing series on the relationship of heart health to spiritual health. You can read the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 30, 20237 min read
Matters of the Heart: They're Literal
The tribe of people who still believe in God, still pray, still seek to live out from the basis of spiritual realities, but aren’t...
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