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Toward Wholeness Blog

Dec 31, 20195 min read

Two Good Reads for the New Year

The first book that’s both inspiring and challenging me is “The Wisdom of the Native Americans” Kent Nerburn has compiled a variety of...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 12, 20193 min read

Losing and Finding Our Truest Self

You know the sayings? “Old gardeners never die; they just recede” or “Old realtors never die; they just become listless.” They’re ways...

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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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Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 30, 20194 min read

Seattle is Dying…for a third way view of justice

If you care about poverty, homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction, or the morale of law enforcement, I hope you find some time to...

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Cory and the Seventh Story – A Children’s Book Worth Reading

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 25, 20193 min read

Cory and the Seventh Story – A Children’s Book Worth Reading

I don’t blame them, but I’m angry – because people who are rejecting the faith aren’t rejecting the real Jesus. They’re rejecting an...

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When God was a Bird – A Book about Finding God in Creation

Richard Dahlstrom

Feb 14, 20193 min read

When God was a Bird – A Book about Finding God in Creation

Somewhere in between the micro of the atom and macro of the universe, reside the flora and fauna we encounter on a regular basis in our...

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Authentic Health: A Good Read to start 2019

Richard Dahlstrom

Jan 5, 20193 min read

Authentic Health: A Good Read to start 2019

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Nov 15, 20183 min read

The Fight for Hope: A Life Worth Living

My temptation in such times is what sociologists call ‘cocooning’, a tendency to withdraw into the predictability of our homes, close the...

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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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Hungry for a Tribe – musings on isolation and consumerism

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 3, 20184 min read

Hungry for a Tribe – musings on isolation and consumerism

What’s going on? Why does Joe Rogan have 30 million podcasts downloads each month? And, more cogent to this blog and my own musings:...

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Silence, Suicide and the folly of our “left vs right” polarization

Richard Dahlstrom

Jun 9, 20184 min read

Silence, Suicide and the folly of our “left vs right” polarization

The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy… but I have come that they might have life! – Jesus the Christ Each untimely loss is tragic,...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 19, 20182 min read

Quotables: Immortal Diamond

I don’t present them in order of importance. Rather, I read this book last fall, saw it on my shelf, and thought, “Why not start with...

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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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The Disco Ball of Success, and What to do when You’re Blinded by it

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 2, 201712 min read

The Disco Ball of Success, and What to do when You’re Blinded by it

Here’s a free chapter for all those folks you know in your lives who have walked the road of success for a bit of distance and are both...

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Beauty, Beast, and the Gospel of Identity

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 28, 20173 min read

Beauty, Beast, and the Gospel of Identity

Christians are outraged over a movie, it’s nearly certain that, not only will I like it, but that there will be an element of the gospel...

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Handel and Messiah – Tearing Hearts Open since 1742

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 27, 20166 min read

Handel and Messiah – Tearing Hearts Open since 1742

Joyful Noise at Taproot Theater is not to be missed. I’ve been to lots of funerals, partly because I’m a pastor and partly because death...

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Playlists – Memorial Stones for the 21st Century

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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“Adventures in Saying Yes” was the best read of the summer because…

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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Bible Reading’s Boring or Difficult? Try this at any age!

Richard Dahlstrom

Feb 9, 20163 min read

Bible Reading’s Boring or Difficult? Try this at any age!

From “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Yesterday, in the church I lead, I spoke on the importance of reading the Bible on...

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Lessons I’m learning in 2016 #2 – Loving My Neighbors, a mile at a time

Richard Dahlstrom

Jan 30, 20164 min read

Lessons I’m learning in 2016 #2 – Loving My Neighbors, a mile at a time

5200 vertical = a mile of blessing and transformation January 18th was my 60th birthday and it was more than just a great day. It was an...

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