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Corona: challenging a post-truth worldview

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 18, 20204 min read

Corona: challenging a post-truth worldview

A survey of the Bible finds that whenever there’s a wholesale disruption to ‘normal life’, God can use it to call us back, not to the way...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 8, 20205 min read

Making Friends with Doubt

We have a religious world and a real world...and I sometimes think we care more about our religious world than our real world

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Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 1, 20205 min read

Corona: Disorder as Transformation

people in the Bible who met disorder with enough humility and curiosity to ask God what they should learn come out healthier on the far side

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Seasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Go

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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The Cultural Faith Crises of Burnt/Raw pancakes

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 20, 20174 min read

The Cultural Faith Crises of Burnt/Raw pancakes

What does the pornography problem in the Bible belt, and the appalling lack of generosity among democrats have to do with a burnt/raw...

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United Airlines, Holy Week, and Missing the Forest for the trees

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 12, 20174 min read

United Airlines, Holy Week, and Missing the Forest for the trees

Behavior needs to match mission, right? They did it “according to the book”. With too many passengers and not enough seats, they asked...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 5, 20166 min read

Mythical Freedom and Real Freedom

But what does “the land of the free” really mean? And in what sense are we free? The questions weren’t political for me this year but...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 6, 20152 min read

When shoot happens… what happens next?

By now, unless the shooting is personal, we Americans know the drill quite well. Our president will stand up and talk about the need for...

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Beauty and Brokenness – Living in the Tension

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 17, 20144 min read

Beauty and Brokenness – Living in the Tension

I’m happy to offer a repost today of something offered earlier this summer during my sabbatical because it seems so very appropriate...

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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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After Failure – The next steps matter most. What to avoid and what to do.

Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 18, 20145 min read

After Failure – The next steps matter most. What to avoid and what to do.

Failure isn’t really the main problem in this world. There are remedies for failures, and often clear steps to take so that in the wake...

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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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“A different plan” – Three Postures you need when Change Comes Knocking

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 14, 20145 min read

“A different plan” – Three Postures you need when Change Comes Knocking

It was supposed to be the Cascades… I spoke with a couple last week who lost their child to cancer at the age of six. As we talked of...

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From Germany to Seattle – finding hope in the midst of grief

Richard Dahlstrom

Jun 6, 20143 min read

From Germany to Seattle – finding hope in the midst of grief

My oldest daughter is a Seattle Pacific Alum and writes from Germany this morning as she ponders the tragic shootings here in Seattle and...

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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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Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 18, 20133 min read

“For All People…” Why the Radical Inclusiveness of Christmas matters.

When the angel announced good news of great joy for all people, the angel opened the door for a feisty conversation about who’s in and...

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When Life produces Too Much Life: The Value of Quitting

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 5, 20133 min read

When Life produces Too Much Life: The Value of Quitting

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. – Michael Porter There’s a forest in m Too many trees. Too many buds on the vine. ...

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Glory, tragedy, and lessons…from the final minute.

Richard Dahlstrom

Jun 3, 20113 min read

Glory, tragedy, and lessons…from the final minute.

“stoppage time.” I’ve been waiting, since moving back to the Pacific Northwest in 1984, for Vancouver’s Canucks to win their first-ever...

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In secret: the value of humility and anonymity

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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