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Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 11, 20194 min read

“We will not be silent”… will we?

Taproot Theatre in Seattle is presently running a play about one of my faith heroes, Sophie Scholl. Along with her brother Hans, these...

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Post Modernity Grows Up, Functioning Shuts Down

Richard Dahlstrom

Jan 14, 20193 min read

Post Modernity Grows Up, Functioning Shuts Down

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you...

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Facebook, Nazis, and Fake News – History shows our ongoing need for Discernment

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 14, 20184 min read

Facebook, Nazis, and Fake News – History shows our ongoing need for Discernment

Born in Germany and educated both there and at Oxford, Delmer was uniquely qualified to have a foot in both German and British culture, a...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 16, 20184 min read

A Pilgrimage to find Courage

a few of the thousands save by courage, hospitality, and generosity. Every time I travel in Europe I try to read some European history,...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 17, 20174 min read

#metoo

Thanks be to God, the tide is turning. Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner occurred at a time when they were viewed as isolated incidents...

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Immigration is about Kingdom Ethics, not Party Preference

Richard Dahlstrom

Feb 9, 20174 min read

Immigration is about Kingdom Ethics, not Party Preference

A letter in the Washington Post This week World Relief bought space in the Washington Post in order to invite President Trump to...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 21, 20163 min read

A letter to men:

Words matter. Mr. Trump spoke on the bus about making unwanted sexual advances and literally grabbing women. He spoke to Howard Stern...

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Lightening Our Loads: Musings on Genocide in Holy Week

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 22, 20166 min read

Lightening Our Loads: Musings on Genocide in Holy Week

It’s nothing new. And further, it’s nothing new to note that it’s all being done in God’s name by both sides. Giving a soldier a Bible...

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While the world goes mad, Four Things We KNOW

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 11, 20153 min read

While the world goes mad, Four Things We KNOW

Mourning at a stadium in San Bernadino Behind the holiday lights, both here in Europe and back home in the USA, the waves of unhappy news...

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Dead Flies, and the Overconfidence of Darkness – Early reflections on Paris

Richard Dahlstrom

Nov 14, 20155 min read

Dead Flies, and the Overconfidence of Darkness – Early reflections on Paris

“And in His name all oppression shall cease…” These were the lyrics coming from the speakers yesterday afternoon when I discovered...

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All I want for Christmas is: A Vision for Unity

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 2, 20144 min read

All I want for Christmas is: A Vision for Unity

That’s because I live in a different world. I live in a world where I know more and more people who are coming out of closet; they’re...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Nov 19, 20144 min read

Pursuing Peace – to what end?

As a result, I’ve had time to think, and the convergence zone of some teaching I’m doing for staff at the church I lead, and my reading...

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“Boots on the Ground – Or Heads in the Clouds” – The biggest challenge Chris

Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 11, 20144 min read

“Boots on the Ground – Or Heads in the Clouds” – The biggest challenge Chris

In two weeks I’ll be home, preparing to meet people in the church I lead who I haven’t seen in nearly three months. Their priceless gift...

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The War of Fog – 3 truths for Living with Clarity in Zero Visibility

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 13, 20143 min read

The War of Fog – 3 truths for Living with Clarity in Zero Visibility

We’re waiting for the cable car that will haul us up to the Douglass Hut, the base from which we’ll be hiking over a couple of passes to...

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Coming off the mountain: Ebola, Suicide, and Terror

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 12, 20143 min read

Coming off the mountain: Ebola, Suicide, and Terror

These prayers, though, are also very provincial. They’re about our real situation because mostly, this is what we know about when we’re...

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Obscurity has its privileges. Answers to feelings of insignificance.

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 17, 20143 min read

Obscurity has its privileges. Answers to feelings of insignificance.

In just a few short days, my wife and I will be off to Europe where we’ll trek through the Alps, fully expecting to find the fingerprints...

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Richard Dahlstrom

May 6, 20143 min read

Fashionable Justice is Dangerous

It’s high time that the realities of suffering, racism, oppression, and ongoing injustice rose to the top of our collective...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 29, 20146 min read

In praise of healthy lament

Dissociative disorder is defined as a “disruption or breakdown of memory, awareness, identity or perception.” It’s a common occurrence...

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World Vision defies Physics: Church’s REACTION is bigger than WV’s action, and sad

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 28, 20147 min read

World Vision defies Physics: Church’s REACTION is bigger than WV’s action, and sad

equal and opposite reaction. Likely true in the world of matter, but this week evangelicals managed to prove that Newton’s law bears no...

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Real Housewives of Mesopotamia – and what we can learn from them

Richard Dahlstrom

Jan 15, 20144 min read

Real Housewives of Mesopotamia – and what we can learn from them

And so begins a mini drama where Abraham’s wife is taken by force because of her beauty and offered to the harem of the highest leader in...

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