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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 24, 20194 min read
Guarding My Heart – Lessons learned from Running Slow
Today I finished a full loop from my tiny house, a full 3.5 miles, with only a little bit of walking and I can safely say that I’m nearly...
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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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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 30, 20184 min read
Addressing Poverty – one by one by one by one
In the wake of the recent head tax hysteria in Seattle, I’ve been thinking a lot about Mother Teresa’s famous quote about poverty....
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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
Jul 25, 20168 min read
Beating Fear with Seven Words for Seven Summits
NOTE: This is from a chapter entitled, “Exposure”. I deal with the deadly life shrinking nature of fear in this post. Sorry it’s...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 18, 20166 min read
Into the fog of discipleship…step by step
All right then. It will be a day to put on the touring skis, which means attaching friction creating skins to the base of the skis and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 19, 20154 min read
The Art of Paying Attention, courtesy of Seattle Seahawks
The touchdown pass in overtime yesterday shook the city. Literally. The stadium was equipped with earthquake censors for some tests,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 25, 20145 min read
Rethinking the Body, Aging, and Movement – 4 Vital Ideas
“we started when we were kids and just never stopped” when are you too old to ride your bike to church? They’re brothers, these two guys...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 7, 20144 min read
Adaptation to sameness – a skill to nurture and keep
The training of the body of is vital for people like us, who have spent most of our waking hours during adulthood sitting in chairs. ...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 27, 20145 min read
Achilles Heal: Lessons for life and leadership learned from a tendon
The Achilles story is appropriate because this tendon seems the bane of countless athletes. Anatomy for Runners tells the story of a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 21, 20144 min read
Musings on Boston Strong and why Beating Fear matters so much.
Fear is a net which evil casts over us that we might become ensnared and fall. Those who are afraid have already fallen. D. Bonhoeffer I...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 19, 20145 min read
This one weird trick will change your life: Slow Down
Our children are growing, as we do too, slowly; imperceptibly every day. The meat in the crock pot is tenderizing; slowly. Our world,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 7, 20148 min read
The Seahawks: Finding Christ in Football Culture
My friend Matthew Kaemingk is a theologian and a sports fan. His guest post today shows us how these two worlds intersect if we’re...
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