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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 21, 20175 min read
You Can’t Live on Adrenaline Forever – A call to rest
In quietness and confidence is your strength – Isaiah the prophet God, in infinite wisdom, has given us a credit card for energy. It’s...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 1, 20154 min read
Steps to Peace – Jesus’ style (part 1)
“Peace be to you” says Jesus, standing in the midst of the disciples, in a room with a locked door where he’s suddenly appeared without...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 14, 20154 min read
Three Ways Sabbath practice will help you become whole.
“all who are thirsty…” Yesterday I spent some time in what is slowly becoming a sabbath routine for this season of life. My wife and I...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 21, 20144 min read
“Five Values for Sustainable Leadership”, vital for churches, families, calling (part 1)
Will you still be using your gifts at 83 like Fred Beckey is here? I hope so. My predecessor at the church I lead in Seattle served that...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 19, 20142 min read
Last Journey’s the Best
It’s our last hike, the end of our forty days trekking through the Alps together. I’ll begin teaching next week and thinking about...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 27, 20145 min read
Achilles Heal: Lessons for life and leadership learned from a tendon
The Achilles story is appropriate because this tendon seems the bane of countless athletes. Anatomy for Runners tells the story of a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 9, 20147 min read
Success, Sabbaticals, Loss, and Heading to the Alps
If success is a mountain, I’m an accidental climber. Has it ever happened to you? You’ve been working hard for goals you believe in for...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 19, 20101 min read
Snow Day…
Went up to the writing cabin to prepare it for the coming deep freeze and got more than I bargained for… a perfect powder day at Mt...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 7, 20102 min read
Alone again, naturally.
“Alone” isn’t really the right word, because I’m referring to the two of us, husband and wife. We’ve been on a vacation this week, not...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 1, 20103 min read
The Shalom of Creation
The Shalom of Creation Yesterday my wife and I drove up the Mt. Baker highway to its very end. She wearing snow shoes, and I backcountry...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 16, 20093 min read
Rest and Wounds
After falling last Thursday on the ski slope in Austria, I could barely move. My fall was a mere 150 meters of skiing above the gondola,...
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