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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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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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Let the Journey Begin – An invitation to travel to the Alps with me

Richard Dahlstrom

Nov 4, 20172 min read

Let the Journey Begin – An invitation to travel to the Alps with me

“Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all” is how Helen Keller put it. She’s was onto something, surely. When Dave...

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Beating Fear with Seven Words for Seven Summits

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 25, 20168 min read

Beating Fear with Seven Words for Seven Summits

NOTE: This is from a chapter entitled, “Exposure”. I deal with the deadly life shrinking nature of fear in this post. Sorry it’s...

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While you were living…the unconscious nature of transformation

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 6, 20156 min read

While you were living…the unconscious nature of transformation

Schladming for a little bit of rest before I head up to England for a week of speaking at Capernwray Hall. The week is a break in the...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 14, 20153 min read

Steps to Peace, Jesus Style (part 2)

We know the Bible, the words on scroll, know it like the back of our hands. But the Bible doesn’t bring peace. Neither does...

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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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“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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Rethinking the Body, Aging, and Movement – 4 Vital Ideas

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 25, 20145 min read

Rethinking the Body, Aging, and Movement – 4 Vital Ideas

“we started when we were kids and just never stopped” when are you too old to ride your bike to church? They’re brothers, these two guys...

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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

Aug 31, 20143 min read

Where am I?

(I’m happy to introduce the guest author for this post as my hiking partner, best friend, and one week from today, wife of 35 years!...

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The Wind of the Spirit – blowing plans away day by day

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 25, 20144 min read

The Wind of the Spirit – blowing plans away day by day

Our view of guidance is important, because unless we believe God can still direct our lives, orchestrating encounters, moving us to...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 11, 20144 min read

Fiercely Interdependent

My sunglasses had disappeared the night before, and this, along with some other things, meant that we were nearly the last people to...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 11, 20144 min read

Fiercely Interdependent

Fiercely Interdependent – My sunglasses had disappeared the night before, and this, along with some other things, meant that we were...

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Eternity in our hearts – Leaning into our longings

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 29, 20144 min read

Eternity in our hearts – Leaning into our longings

Most years, the first or second week of December, I’m in the little town of Schladming, in the Austrian Alps, to teach at a Bible school...

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Light for Light – The joyous necessity of shedding Stuff

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 22, 20144 min read

Light for Light – The joyous necessity of shedding Stuff

All this has been unfolding at the same time I’ve been preparing to embark on a sabbatical journey, which will begin with 40 days of...

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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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Adaptation to sameness – a skill to nurture and keep

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 7, 20144 min read

Adaptation to sameness – a skill to nurture and keep

The training of the body of is vital for people like us, who have spent most of our waking hours during adulthood sitting in chairs. ...

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95th minute… 50th year… 26th mile. Why Endurance Matters

Richard Dahlstrom

Jun 24, 20144 min read

95th minute… 50th year… 26th mile. Why Endurance Matters

every minute matters.. especially the last one!! I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith – Paul...

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Achilles Heal: Lessons for life and leadership learned from a tendon

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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