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Dear Green Lake: Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 29, 20182 min read

Dear Green Lake: Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year

Dear Green Lake Before my five year departure from Washington, I walked the frozen shores with the woman who is now my wife and after...

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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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The Gifts of Christmas #5 – Shepherd, Provider, Gift Giver

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 24, 20164 min read

The Gifts of Christmas #5 – Shepherd, Provider, Gift Giver

Over 37 years, two stockings have become ten. JOY! It was in the late summer of 1976 when I first made my way north to Seattle,...

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The Gifts of Christmas #3: His humble circumstances free us

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 15, 20163 min read

The Gifts of Christmas #3: His humble circumstances free us

It was a low point for me in my seminary career. “If he’s right, I’m finished” I remember thinking to myself. I’d later, in a...

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The Gifts of Christmas: #2 – Free! Can’t be bought, only received!

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 14, 20161 min read

The Gifts of Christmas: #2 – Free! Can’t be bought, only received!

Give, give, give, means that there can be only one response. Receive, receive, receive. We can’t earn the gift that is Christ. We’ll...

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The Gifts of Christmas: #1 – We are seen and heard

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 13, 20163 min read

The Gifts of Christmas: #1 – We are seen and heard

During the days between now and Christmas, I want to share some reflections with you about the many gifts that are part of the One Gift...

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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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Lightening Our Loads: Musings on Genocide in Holy Week

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 22, 20166 min read

Lightening Our Loads: Musings on Genocide in Holy Week

It’s nothing new. And further, it’s nothing new to note that it’s all being done in God’s name by both sides. Giving a soldier a Bible...

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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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Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 2, 20155 min read

Immigration and the Better Shelter

“when the raft in the ocean is safer than our home, we’ll go” With the train station closed in Budapest, over 70 dead in a truck on the...

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“Godspell” – Musings on the power of Art in God’s World

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 21, 20154 min read

“Godspell” – Musings on the power of Art in God’s World

I’m 19 and a good friend had landed the part of Jesus in Godspell, so he invites me to see him on opening night. It’s been two years...

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Identity Theft – It’s not what you think. It’s worse.

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 1, 20154 min read

Identity Theft – It’s not what you think. It’s worse.

But now here you are, seated and in your right mind, wondering how it happened that you were a different person yesterday. The answer’s...

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How the West was Lost – One Reason the church is Dying in America and why a “mixed drink

Richard Dahlstrom

May 17, 20155 min read

How the West was Lost – One Reason the church is Dying in America and why a “mixed drink

this video (or the print version of the article) reveals a trend in the United States whereby a larger and larger percentage of 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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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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Revival Story… My Loss and Recovery of Love

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 21, 20154 min read

Revival Story… My Loss and Recovery of Love

Truth be told though, the ocean of details can conspire with my own Type A personality and propensity to get anxious about stuff, and...

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Setting Your Sights Higher: Why “Right Intentions” Matter so much

Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 3, 20154 min read

Setting Your Sights Higher: Why “Right Intentions” Matter so much

“Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. Moses...

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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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Five Values for Sustainable Leadership (pt 2).

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 23, 20145 min read

Five Values for Sustainable Leadership (pt 2).

just to be loved… can it be enough? My previous post offered the first two of five essential values for leaders to nurture and develop if...

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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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