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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 28, 20224 min read
True Colors: The Necessity of Loss and Change in our Lives
A walk around Gold Creek Pond has, for the years I've lived here in the mountains, always been an act of worship. This year, the seasons...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 13, 20195 min read
40 – thoughts on marriage after 40 years of it
We’ve always tried to spend less than we make. Eat by candlelight as often as possible (even when you don’t want to. Sometimes just...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 15, 20184 min read
Seasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Go
left to right: Martin, Director of Tauernhof, Richard, Charlie, board member of Tauernhof. “Stay a little longer” my friend Martin...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 7, 20183 min read
How Naming Your Values can Change Your Life
The sad reality, though, is that the testimonies offered that day also served as a grave reminder that courage, servanthood, generosity,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 18, 20184 min read
Time heals nothing
The show has an adopted child in the family – I’m an adopted child in my family. The sister among the siblings struggles with weight –...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 6, 20184 min read
Your “Sphere of Influence” is calling and You must go
The church hasn’t been immune to this polarizing. We’ve mirrored the culture’s political tribal hatred, enough so that it’s increasingly...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 4, 20172 min read
Let the Journey Begin – An invitation to travel to the Alps with me
“Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all” is how Helen Keller put it. She’s was onto something, surely. When Dave...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 28, 20172 min read
Are you running to Win?
You are God’s uniquely handcrafted beautiful creation. You have gifts to bring to our darkening and weary world, and that means you...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 26, 20175 min read
Steal, Kill, and Destroy – Killing Hope
Even the desert will bloom… Note: I’m presently offering a short series of the many ways in which our enemy seeks to steal, kill, and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 24, 20174 min read
The Subtle Seduction of Letting Ourselves be Bent
church I lead has collided with my reading of “You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit”. The result has led me to believe...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 7, 20175 min read
Fear of Falling vs Freedom to Fail: Choose Wisely
fear of falling is more dangerous than falling I hope you’ve seen the ascendancy of young lives as they move from infant to toddler? If...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 9, 20166 min read
Marriage: 37 Lessons from 37 Years of Experience
still smiling after 37 years of journeying together Thirty seven years is a long time, and yesterday my wife and I were able to celebrate...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 1, 20165 min read
Playlists – Memorial Stones for the 21st Century
retrieving our car meant enjoying this view again today! My wife and I recently returned from a beautiful adventure, hiking 50 miles of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 18, 20163 min read
“Adventures in Saying Yes” was the best read of the summer because…
“Speaking of Jesus”, which is one of my favorite books, precisely because the author has a knack for telling people about Jesus as if...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 25, 20168 min read
Beating Fear with Seven Words for Seven Summits
NOTE: This is from a chapter entitled, “Exposure”. I deal with the deadly life shrinking nature of fear in this post. Sorry it’s...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 14, 20164 min read
Seeing and Gratitude: Fuel for the Desert Journey
I decide that awake and watching the completion of the ESPY’s, ESPN’s annual sports awards show is as good as awake and simmering with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 18, 20166 min read
Into the fog of discipleship…step by step
All right then. It will be a day to put on the touring skis, which means attaching friction creating skins to the base of the skis and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 24, 20154 min read
“Not Burdensome”…. musings on the ease of obedience and self-denial
Is self denial a burden? In the coming days, I offer some thoughts from my devotions in Jeremiah. It’s been too long since I’ve written,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 3, 20154 min read
20 Years Our Home… and a time for everything
It was just over a year ago that my mom-in-law came to visit, and some health matters made it clear it would be best for her to stay with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 28, 20154 min read
Finding Hope in the midst of Setbacks
It turned dark late this past Friday afternoon, and the mixed snow and rain turned to just snow, pure and white, cold in her beauty,...
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