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40 – thoughts on marriage after 40 years of it
We’ve always tried to spend less than we make. Eat by candlelight as often as possible (even when you don’t want to. Sometimes just...
Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 13, 20195 min read
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“Don’t Love the World” “Love the World” Which is it? … a third way
I LOVE this world, in the kind of way that I believe the Bible tells us to love the world. I love the intricate biosystems of the human...
Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 23, 20195 min read
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#metoo
Thanks be to God, the tide is turning. Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner occurred at a time when they were viewed as isolated incidents...
Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 17, 20174 min read
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Steal, Kill, and Destroy – Stealing our Healthy Sexual Identity
Continuing in a series of looking at ways in which the gifts God wants us to know and enjoy are stolen from us, this entry and the next...
Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 10, 20174 min read
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Vicarious vs. Experience: Not Even Close
They would, in other words, rather look on a relationship from the outside, experiencing the hollow thrill of being an observer, rather...
Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 9, 20174 min read
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37 Years married and Still Enjoying Eros: Here’s How
God affirms eros. Healthy eros requires a cocktail of practices on a regular basis, including affirmation, invitation, respecting each...
Richard Dahlstrom
May 31, 20171 min read
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A letter to men:
Words matter. Mr. Trump spoke on the bus about making unwanted sexual advances and literally grabbing women. He spoke to Howard Stern...
Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 21, 20163 min read
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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...
Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 9, 20166 min read
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Real Housewives of Mesopotamia – and what we can learn from them
And so begins a mini drama where Abraham’s wife is taken by force because of her beauty and offered to the harem of the highest leader in...
Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 15, 20144 min read
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Recovering the Body before its completely dead.
“the end of sex” as we know it, referencing an article about the dramatically diminishing sex lives of Japanese young people, as the joy...
Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 13, 20134 min read
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The End of Sex as we know it – and what to do about it (embodiment pt 2)
“Japan’s under-40s appear to be losing interest in conventional relationships. Millions aren’t even dating, and increasing numbers can’t...
Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 23, 20134 min read
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