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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 16, 20102 min read
If you build it, they will….?
mosque is planned near ground zero. What do I think? I’m glad you asked. My answer depends on who’s asking. If a Muslim asked, I’d...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 11, 20102 min read
Looking for “more” or “less”?
The hard place: The most popular article in the NY Times this morning questions the premise that we’ll be happy if we buy more stuff....
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 26, 20103 min read
Hot Times aren’t ahead – they’re here.
can you spot a trend? Did you know that in 1940, our food system produced 2.3 calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil fuel it...
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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 14, 20102 min read
“humanity”…or the person next to me?
I’m reading some Russian classics this summer, and was recently reminded of this quote, one of my favorites. Our friend Fyoder has put...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 22, 20102 min read
Bad Calls and Hell: Soccer teaches theology
disallowed goal. The blown call has the whole soccer world up in arms because it was such an obvious breach of justice. The ref’s Wiki...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 15, 20102 min read
Fries and Fast Cars…the problem with oil
Deep water wells are being drilled because we need the oil – all of us. We need oil because we want the cheap food, fortified with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 9, 20103 min read
Wooden Gold – Thanks John
Dear John – I’m not sure why we think about people more after they die than while they’re alive, but your passing away this weekend at...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 8, 20103 min read
The Paradox of Contentment and “Not Yet”
Someday I’ll overcome my penchant for self-destructive choices that seem to afflict me from time to time, like eating dessert for lunch...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 24, 20103 min read
Does Paul think like Paul? (Ron, Apostle)
NY Times article from this past weekend that declares Europeans can’t afford their cradle to grave safety net. Declining birth rates,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 19, 20102 min read
A cup of cold water…or cola?
The marketing strategies of coke, globally, were actually tied to Christian mission work because, as Asa declared, “we can be sure that...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 21, 20101 min read
Spilling Hope Water Wednesdays: Bottled Water vs Tap
I carry my metal water bottle with me everywhere, and the conference center at which I’m staying is offering Nestle’s bottled water in...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 29, 20102 min read
Finally: Corporations are People too!
There were many in the evangelical world of my youth (read: James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, et. al.) who decried the ‘liberal courts’ for...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 15, 20103 min read
The quake: shaking our assumptions?
David Brooks excellent article about this week’s quake in Haiti is a must read. Whether you agree with his diagnosis or not, he shines a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 9, 20103 min read
The Roman Road: More than you thought?
“Roman Road”. In essence, this declaration of the good news find in Christ was, to use a cooking term, a ‘reduction’. The idea was to...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 7, 20092 min read
Warming up to these ideas yet?
The first is about the conference itself, particularly the cries from the far right about the possibilities of dire economic consequences...
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