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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 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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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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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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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
Nov 24, 20171 min read
Post a Review – maybe win a book… or two…or three.
It’s this simple: If you’ve read it, write and post a review of The Map is Not the Journey on either Amazon or Facebook. show me a link...
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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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Richard Dahlstrom
May 24, 20174 min read
The Subtle Seduction of Letting Ourselves be Bent
church I lead has collided with my reading of “You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit”. The result has led me to believe...
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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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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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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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Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 7, 20152 min read
The Art of Work: Timely Truth for Today
If finding our destiny is one of the best things we can do, then reading, “The Art of Work” by Jeff Goins is one of the best books we can...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 29, 20154 min read
Inside Out: In Praise of the Gift of Sadness
You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move...
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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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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 4, 20143 min read
Walter Mitty and the Art of Waking Up
For Walter Mitty, masterfully played by Ben Stiller, the push comes in the form of a missing film negative. He’s the “negatives accounts...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 15, 20133 min read
Habits, Endings, and Heights – Three great reads for the end of summer
Life’s more than full this week, and next, so I probably won’t be writing much for a few days. In the meantime, I’ve wanted to review...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 23, 20091 min read
Winter Song
In case you liked yesterday’s video… #life #Reviews
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