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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 9, 20103 min read
Wooden Gold – Thanks John
Dear John – I’m not sure why we think about people more after they die than while they’re alive, but your passing away this weekend at...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 8, 20103 min read
The Paradox of Contentment and “Not Yet”
Someday I’ll overcome my penchant for self-destructive choices that seem to afflict me from time to time, like eating dessert for lunch...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 7, 20102 min read
A step towards Abounding in Hope
To make things more exciting, we had our over-confident participants do the ropes course blindfolded. They’d climb the rope ladder and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 4, 20104 min read
Brian’s Song: confusing words on a slippery slope
the church on the other side” years ago, which gave voice to some important cultural shifts as “post-modernity” was becoming a common...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 2, 20103 min read
Evolution, Waltke, and the Pandora Problem…
As a result, though, I’ve become way less tolerant of normal radio, which forces me to endure tastes other than my own, if only for a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 31, 20102 min read
The things we picked up…step by step
smores were eaten step by step and we've come this far I’m taking a break from the news, for at least this one moment in time. Instead...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 28, 20103 min read
B-L-E-S-S: one way to do a rule of life
the bell tolls for thee...in a good way I have a friend who runs a camp outside of Toronto. It’s one of the largest camps in North...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 26, 20103 min read
Next Tree…Next Church
this began in our family in a dixie cup!! It’s intriguing to me that these two days I’m spending in vision development and long range...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 24, 20103 min read
Does Paul think like Paul? (Ron, Apostle)
NY Times article from this past weekend that declares Europeans can’t afford their cradle to grave safety net. Declining birth rates,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 21, 20103 min read
“Perhaps” – the paralysis of fear, and power of risk
It’s terrible irony that the very thing they fear, ends up happening, precisely because they’re afraid of it happening. “Fear” it turns...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 19, 20102 min read
A cup of cold water…or cola?
The marketing strategies of coke, globally, were actually tied to Christian mission work because, as Asa declared, “we can be sure that...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 18, 20102 min read
Getting to “Why”
sixty minutes offered a remarkable example of the power of vision. This is worth watching! Gustavo Dudamel is the new Venezuelan...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 17, 20102 min read
Forgiving – the challenge and the power
The challenge comes in the wake of these moments. We wonder if there are next steps to take, wonder if what we did was real or...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 14, 20103 min read
extreme sports, shamanism, and the danger of boredom
“Bone Games” right now, about extreme sports and shamanism. The author had one of those supernatural experiences that climbers sometimes...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 10, 20101 min read
Of Goalies and Sermons: the mystery and challenge of presence…
This weekend was filled with events that have left me pondering that “being fully present” is actually a lot harder than it appears. I’ve...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 5, 20102 min read
Being a church in a consumer culture…
“The Divine Commodity” right now, a book about how our consumer culture in the western world has affected church life. It’s an important...
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Richard Dahlstrom
May 1, 20103 min read
The Shalom of Creation
The Shalom of Creation Yesterday my wife and I drove up the Mt. Baker highway to its very end. She wearing snow shoes, and I backcountry...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 28, 20103 min read
Water Wednesdays: Justice and the Water Cycle
One of God's Best Inventions Psalm 104 is one of my favorite parts of the Bible because it poetically articulates what we enjoy hear in...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 27, 20103 min read
Finding Meaning in Work…
Having spent last week in at a conference in San Diego, I was struck by how cool it was to come to my room each afternoon and find that...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 23, 20102 min read
Good Sabbath…
Good Sabbath...in the forest I pack the car early this morning, coughing after a fitful night’s sleep as the virus creates a dripping in...
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