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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 28, 20103 min read
First Resolution: five options for five minutes of prayer
I’ve felt this way too much in 2010, and so I’m heading back to “first things”, foundational truths that are considered foundational...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 14, 20104 min read
3 Snapshots reveal: “The Value of Showing Up”
I spent an afternoon with my Austrian friend Hans Peter, ski touring up to a hut where This past Sunday, back in Seattle, the church I...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 6, 20103 min read
Holy Wholeness…a great vision for the life of faith
biography I’m reading just now over here in Austria, I’m struck by how timeless Bonhoeffer’s vision for the church is. We read, “he felt...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 1, 20103 min read
REAL freedom
Thee gospel clearly speaks to God’s intention for the world to be a place characterized by political and economic peace and freedom, and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 24, 20103 min read
Curious…
There’s much to learn from those who lived well during those days, and as I read about Bonhoeffer, I’m struck by the degree to which his...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 21, 20103 min read
Crossings…
“ One of the things that offended the religious establishment in Jesus’ day was the fact that Jesus crossed social barriers. He did it...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 11, 20103 min read
Yoga…The Christian Om’s dilemma
Here’s the article that got the ball rolling. Pastors are chiming in all over the web, so there’s a sense in which I’m not sure I could...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 25, 20103 min read
Lessons learned from downed trees…
how the "mighty" have fallen I came home yesterday in the late afternoon and wondered, as I climbed the steps to my upstairs office, how...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 17, 20104 min read
Eighth Letter…A new TULIP for 2010
found here. It’s called the Eighth Letter and the link will explain why. Here’s my offering to the project… To the North American...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 9, 20104 min read
What’s a Pastor to do???
I’m spending the last day of my vacation thinking through the coming year, and getting my “to do” list ready. The time includes taking...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 27, 20103 min read
“Missional & Evangelism”
how is missional living related to evangelism? I’m reading this morning, during “coffee with God”, out of Matthew 9. I’m reading through...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 21, 20103 min read
Resisting Groupthink: Christian and Otherwise
All “other ideas” were a threat to the man and his plan. That’s why there’s a section in the museum memorializing that tragic night of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 10, 20102 min read
Showing up for each other…year after year
raising kids and loving God...together I just finished a week of ministry at Forest Home, a marvelous ministry in Southern California...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 7, 20102 min read
A step towards Abounding in Hope
To make things more exciting, we had our over-confident participants do the ropes course blindfolded. They’d climb the rope ladder and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 4, 20104 min read
Brian’s Song: confusing words on a slippery slope
the church on the other side” years ago, which gave voice to some important cultural shifts as “post-modernity” was becoming a common...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 2, 20103 min read
Evolution, Waltke, and the Pandora Problem…
As a result, though, I’ve become way less tolerant of normal radio, which forces me to endure tastes other than my own, if only for a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 26, 20103 min read
Next Tree…Next Church
this began in our family in a dixie cup!! It’s intriguing to me that these two days I’m spending in vision development and long range...
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