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Keep saying "Yes"...what I've learned through 44 years of marriage

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 9, 20237 min read

Keep saying "Yes"...what I've learned through 44 years of marriage

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September 8th, 1979 - It's a hot day, but there'll be a wedding that evening and since it's my wedding, we spend some time together as a...

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"Show and Tell" Reflections on how I spent my summer and what I learned...

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 2, 20238 min read

"Show and Tell" Reflections on how I spent my summer and what I learned...

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I've been away from writing for the summer and now, as I return, I wanted to share with you what I've been doing. I was privileged to...

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On Receiving Difficulties well - the gift of Hormesis

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 26, 20236 min read

On Receiving Difficulties well - the gift of Hormesis

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"Consider it pure joy when you encounter various trials... " James 1 "...we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces...

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The Art of Receiving: A Habit Foundational to Wholeness

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 7, 20235 min read

The Art of Receiving: A Habit Foundational to Wholeness

Continuing a series that refers to the Forest Faith meditation and saturation prayer, this offering considers the foundational priority...

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Richard Dahlstrom

May 18, 20235 min read

Practical Forest Faith in 4 Parts

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Every morning I wake up and walk to my office where I enjoy a cup of coffee and a short reading from the Bible. Then I do a little...

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Two Realities - is one more real? The importance living out from the right paradigm

Richard Dahlstrom

May 4, 20235 min read

Two Realities - is one more real? The importance living out from the right paradigm

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(taken from my 4.28.23 morning journal entry) Problem #1: WE LIVE IN A WORLD BUILT ON DOMINATION SYSTEMS this, I wonder, is perhaps the...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 11, 20232 min read

Practice Resurrection

It’s not my poem… but it’s my sentiment. Thanks to Wendell Barry for decades of calling us to our higher, truer selves. Love the quick...

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Two Kinds of Crosses: Good Friday Observations in the midst of madness

Richard Dahlstrom

Apr 8, 20236 min read

Two Kinds of Crosses: Good Friday Observations in the midst of madness

Earlier this week I was making my way down the mountain to do some shopping and on the way heard an interview of the author of “A Fever...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Mar 22, 20237 min read

Living out from the Deeper Magic

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We tend to live our lives on the surface: buying and selling, marrying and raising children, accumulating experiences and stuff, getting...

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Share it! Why you need to be giving yourself away

Richard Dahlstrom

Jan 21, 20235 min read

Share it! Why you need to be giving yourself away

Note: In my previous post, I laid the foundation of "REST" as one of three principles needed if we're to remain on a trajectory toward...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Jan 5, 20238 min read

Three Key Words for 2023

If you had to pick a single word and let it sink so deeply into the fibers of your being, determining your priorities and mindset, what...

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Receiving Gifts - harder, and more important, than you might believe

Richard Dahlstrom

Dec 22, 20225 min read

Receiving Gifts - harder, and more important, than you might believe

"I'm tired of not being enough - not disciplined enough, good enough, pure enough, smart enough. All religion has done is given me a...

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Companionship with Christ - Life's best gift, seen through a dog's eyes

Richard Dahlstrom

Nov 19, 20227 min read

Companionship with Christ - Life's best gift, seen through a dog's eyes

If everyone's weary in different ways from these past years, I think my weariness centers most around esoteric arguments over theological...

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True Colors: The Necessity of Loss and Change in our Lives

Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 28, 20224 min read

True Colors: The Necessity of Loss and Change in our Lives

A walk around Gold Creek Pond has, for the years I've lived here in the mountains, always been an act of worship. This year, the seasons...

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An encouraging word for those who are anxious - plus a new video

Richard Dahlstrom

Oct 17, 20224 min read

An encouraging word for those who are anxious - plus a new video

The World is on fire and getting hotter - The war in Ukraine has escalated to the place where nuclear rhetoric is getting loud, leaving...

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Digest these Four Truths Daily for your humble journey to wholeness

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 28, 20227 min read

Digest these Four Truths Daily for your humble journey to wholeness

Everyone's looking for something; meaning, peace, security, intimacy, hope, satisfaction, security, and much more. Everyone's looking for...

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Ground Truth - The Most Important Habit you need

Richard Dahlstrom

Sep 10, 20225 min read

Ground Truth - The Most Important Habit you need

I want to let you know about what I have found to be the most important habit in my life these days, and why I think you should make it a...

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Habits for Wholeness: The Need for spirit/soul/body Hormesis

Richard Dahlstrom

Aug 21, 20228 min read

Habits for Wholeness: The Need for spirit/soul/body Hormesis

Hormesis: a theoretical phenomenon in which something that produces harmful biological effects at moderate to high doses may produce...

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Avalanches and Authoritians… how to avoid following toxic leaders

Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 31, 20224 min read

Avalanches and Authoritians… how to avoid following toxic leaders

If you click on this link, you can read an essay about the avalanche at Stevens Pass that killed three and injured one in 2012. It’s...

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Richard Dahlstrom

Jul 23, 20223 min read

“Salvation” - transaction or gift?

As I prepare to teach the famous “prodigal son” parable from the Bible for the church I serve, I’m struck once again by how the notion of...

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