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Toward Wholeness Blog

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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Seasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Go

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 15, 20184 min read

Seasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Go

left to right: Martin, Director of Tauernhof, Richard, Charlie, board member of Tauernhof. “Stay a little longer” my friend Martin...

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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

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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Welcome Autumn – by Learning to Walk in the Dark

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 30, 20174 min read

Welcome Autumn – by Learning to Walk in the Dark

The rest of our lives, it’s a different story, especially if we’ve been taught to love Jesus. We’ve often learned that darkness is...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 28, 20172 min read

Are you running to Win?

You are God’s uniquely handcrafted beautiful creation. You have gifts to bring to our darkening and weary world, and that means you...

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Fear of Falling vs Freedom to Fail: Choose Wisely

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 7, 20175 min read

Fear of Falling vs Freedom to Fail: Choose Wisely

fear of falling is more dangerous than falling I hope you’ve seen the ascendancy of young lives as they move from infant to toddler? If...

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Idol Busting and Fire Walking – the power of right habits

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 4, 20174 min read

Idol Busting and Fire Walking – the power of right habits

“Nebuchadnezzar said to them: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue I’ve...

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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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Inside Out: In Praise of the Gift of Sadness

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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Dead Flies, and the Overconfidence of Darkness – Early reflections on Paris

Richard Dahlstrom

Nov 14, 20155 min read

Dead Flies, and the Overconfidence of Darkness – Early reflections on Paris

“And in His name all oppression shall cease…” These were the lyrics coming from the speakers yesterday afternoon when I discovered...

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“Not Burdensome”…. musings on the ease of obedience and self-denial

Richard Dahlstrom

Jun 24, 20154 min read

“Not Burdensome”…. musings on the ease of obedience and self-denial

Is self denial a burden? In the coming days, I offer some thoughts from my devotions in Jeremiah. It’s been too long since I’ve written,...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 28, 20154 min read

Finding Hope in the midst of Setbacks

It turned dark late this past Friday afternoon, and the mixed snow and rain turned to just snow, pure and white, cold in her beauty,...

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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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All I want for Christmas is: A Vision for Unity

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 2, 20144 min read

All I want for Christmas is: A Vision for Unity

That’s because I live in a different world. I live in a world where I know more and more people who are coming out of closet; they’re...

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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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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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“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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From Germany to Seattle – finding hope in the midst of grief

Richard Dahlstrom

Jun 6, 20143 min read

From Germany to Seattle – finding hope in the midst of grief

My oldest daughter is a Seattle Pacific Alum and writes from Germany this morning as she ponders the tragic shootings here in Seattle and...

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Why “fear of death tomorrow” prevents “joy of life today”

Richard Dahlstrom

May 14, 20144 min read

Why “fear of death tomorrow” prevents “joy of life today”

a book about the importance of opening oneself to direct encounter with creation, in preparation for a 40 day hike in the Alps this...

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