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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 1, 20133 min read
Practical Advice for Maximizing Your University Experience
The NY Times had a great little read recently called, “Ditch Your Laptop – Dump your Boyfriend” filled with good, practical advice on how...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 25, 20134 min read
Dousing the flames of hypocrisy: The Big Value of Small Ideas
And there are lots of other ideas as well, tens of thousands of “medium ideas” that have been shaping forces in still significant ways: ...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 18, 20134 min read
Advice to Pastors and Other Christians: leave people alone – sort of.
It’s a diverse world out there. Gloriously diverse. Within the walls of the church, however, it’s a different story. I scroll through...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 23, 20134 min read
Lessons from Daniel and Esther: Know Your King or Miss Your Point
Daniel and Esther are two personalities in Israel’s history who understood that they will gladly serve the king, and work for the good of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 29, 20134 min read
Rearranging the Chairs…a response to Rachel Held Evans
thought provoking piece about why Millenials are leaving the church. She writes about how frustrating it is for her to give talks on...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 11, 20113 min read
Pentecost…empowered for what?
1. Nobody would be able to predict the date of Christ’s establishment of the fulness of His kingdom. 2. Jesus’ departure would pave the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 7, 20114 min read
Skinny Church – the wrong fast for a hungry world
Vegetarian Myth (a favorite book of mine) takes pretty much the opposite approach. Back in the day, low fat was all the rage. Now it’s...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 28, 20114 min read
Messiah complex and conventional wisdom: a marriage made in hell
trying to do everything everyone wants is killing us Two books found their way into my world this spring, and their convergence has...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 14, 20113 min read
Weekend: Lessons from backyard and bible
While on the surface, they appear to be two wildly different worlds, they came together this morning in my quiet moments in the backyard....
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 10, 20113 min read
Why now? Why hope? Why colors? Why art?
The book, as many of you already know, is called The Colors of Hope. You can read a free chapter here. You can join a Facebook...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 30, 20113 min read
In secret: the value of humility and anonymity
In my readings for the upcoming symposium of faith and science that I’m attending, I’ve discovered that the deeper one goes down the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 26, 20114 min read
And if the world ends on May 21?
I’ve always had friends who are “into” Biblical prophecy and finding the dates of Christ’s return. In the ’70s, I saw charts and graphs...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 13, 20112 min read
Thanks Dietrich…words for the ages
To live faithfully is to live 'fully present in this world' Last night I was privileged to participate in a panel discussion about the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 5, 20112 min read
Easter: making all things new
“Behold, I make all things new.” -Jesus the Christ Do you remember (either the book or the movie) in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 26, 20114 min read
Like snow melting…give it time
sometimes the water just sits there “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 8, 20113 min read
For…
He turned and faced me directly: “Have you been baptized with the Holy Spirit, and given evidence of that by speaking in tongues?”...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 28, 20110 min read
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 19, 20113 min read
Overcoming Inferiority: A word to pastors, but applicable to all
almost every weekend. I could become a conference junkie: Atlanta, San Diego, Nashville, Grand Rapids, Chicago, San Diego again – always...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 15, 20113 min read
Thawing my heart in the heat of Africa….
Good morning God… I’m back in Seattle. I remember being in the thick of my time there – tired, hungry, annoyed by sweat and bugs and the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 13, 20113 min read
Climbing Kilimanjaro step by step – Lessons for America from Africa
We encountered so much in the previous 8 days that it seems like a lifetime ago when last I was in Seattle. Before we leave, I wanted to...
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