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Toward Wholeness Blog

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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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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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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How Naming Your Values can Change Your Life

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 7, 20183 min read

How Naming Your Values can Change Your Life

The sad reality, though, is that the testimonies offered that day also served as a grave reminder that courage, servanthood, generosity,...

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The thing that mustn’t change: Use Your Gifts!

Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 6, 20184 min read

The thing that mustn’t change: Use Your Gifts!

My predecessor just keep using his gifts day after day for 38 years. The difficult truth that few seem interested in hearing these days...

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“…the time we’ve been given” – The Why and How of a Personal Mission Statement

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 29, 20184 min read

“…the time we’ve been given” – The Why and How of a Personal Mission Statement

1. Coffee. Always first: Coffee 2. Bible reading while drinking the first cup. 3. Meditation (from the Bible reading) 4. Writing in the...

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The Collapse of Everything, and Why it’s a Source of Hope

Richard Dahlstrom

May 22, 20183 min read

The Collapse of Everything, and Why it’s a Source of Hope

Plunge your pole, hard, into the place you anticipate placing your foot. Look carefully. Step quickly. Go! They’ve collapsed under my...

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Awakening the Feminine Voice in the Church – What it means and Why it Matters

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 7, 20184 min read

Awakening the Feminine Voice in the Church – What it means and Why it Matters

The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day… life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country...

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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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Soil Conditions for seeds of hope – Lessons learned on a bike ride

Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 7, 20173 min read

Soil Conditions for seeds of hope – Lessons learned on a bike ride

It’s no news that we live in a world of increasing insanity, where daily headlines serve to remind us that humanity is collectively, like...

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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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Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 23, 20174 min read

New Axioms in a Post Truth World

Do you remember eighth grade geometry, and the subject of axioms? An axiom is “a statement or proposition that is regarded as being...

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Immigration is about Kingdom Ethics, not Party Preference

Richard Dahlstrom

Feb 9, 20174 min read

Immigration is about Kingdom Ethics, not Party Preference

A letter in the Washington Post This week World Relief bought space in the Washington Post in order to invite President Trump to...

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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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Marriage: 37 Lessons from 37 Years of Experience

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 9, 20166 min read

Marriage: 37 Lessons from 37 Years of Experience

still smiling after 37 years of journeying together Thirty seven years is a long time, and yesterday my wife and I were able to celebrate...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 26, 20165 min read

Completion as a Starting Point

I started a little vacation about a week ago. The plan was to hike a big chunk of the Pacific Crest Trail with my wife of nearly 37...

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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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While the world goes mad, Four Things We KNOW

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 11, 20153 min read

While the world goes mad, Four Things We KNOW

Mourning at a stadium in San Bernadino Behind the holiday lights, both here in Europe and back home in the USA, the waves of unhappy news...

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