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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 21, 20101 min read
Spilling Hope Water Wednesdays: Bottled Water vs Tap
I carry my metal water bottle with me everywhere, and the conference center at which I’m staying is offering Nestle’s bottled water in...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 19, 20103 min read
Driving to San Diego…
I turn on the radio and start fiddling with the AM little realizing what’s about to happen. “Good afternoon!” says the familiar voice....
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 14, 20101 min read
Water Wednesdays
It would be easy, for many of us, to just write a check on May 23rd, 50 days after Easter, and call it a success. But success, in this...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 13, 20103 min read
Slow Church: Community, Continuity and Interdependency
we're all marching to our own drummers There’s a delightful little passage that I came across yesterday morning during my coffee with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 7, 20103 min read
March Madness…Like a Virgin
I’m getting ready to study the passage for this coming Sunday about the ten virgins, five of whom had oil in their lamps and five who...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 31, 20103 min read
Unearthing our inner Judas…
We've Made Jesus in Our Image: Cool As we move into the thick of Holy Week, my morning reading today included this from Judas: “what...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 30, 20103 min read
Servant Leaders needed…now more than ever
This past Sunday I spoke on servant leadership and how vital the principle is for our time. I’d spent the few days before preaching...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 24, 20103 min read
Sowing Resurrection Seeds…
In spite of all this, it was only today that I was really struck by the fact this guy wasn’t very careful about where he put his seeds....
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 16, 20104 min read
Bend it Like Beck – Glenn gets the conversation going…
Glenn Beck, the celebrated conservative commentator had some things to say over the past week or so about “social justice” and “economic...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 15, 20102 min read
Start here…
All of this, though, is predicated on us becoming increasingly secure in our identity, “in Christ.” You can’t live “newness” wearing the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 10, 20103 min read
Male Call –
David Brooks wrote a NY Times column last month in which he posited that the current economic crisis has been much harder on men then...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 6, 20102 min read
A tension…
It’s not just these reminders though, that I encounter in Fresno. My mom’s 90 and the trip from her room to the car takes about 20...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 2, 20103 min read
The Paralysis of Polarity
1. No party or system has all the answers. I’m well beyond suspicious that our systems won’t save us: I know our systems won’t save us,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 24, 20103 min read
WWJE? Eschatology and Food
If you’re one of those “it’s all going to burn up anyway” Christians, there’s a good chance you’ll be eating a big slab of meat tonight,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 21, 20101 min read
Rule of Life: Sustaining your faith for the distance
I’ll open this category with two things: 1. Resource – for a quick overview of what a rule of life is, and it’s significance, I’ll refer...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 19, 20102 min read
breaking the stress barrier…
This past Sunday I preached on ‘glorying in our tribulations’. Starting on Monday, it’s been lab work on the same subject. The...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 10, 20103 min read
The need for Lament…
Unfortunately, it’s not. Have you seen the movies from the Youth Rallies during the reign of the Reich? The singing and enthusiasm...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 3, 20102 min read
The Dilemma of Pluralism
BBC report discloses that the French government has refused to grant citizenship to man because he is forcing his wife to wear the ‘full...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 2, 20103 min read
The Great Divorce: read it, see it, live it.
Taproot Theater is presently offering a marvelous production of CS Lewis’ classic book, “The Great Divorce” on their mainstage. After...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Jan 29, 20102 min read
Finally: Corporations are People too!
There were many in the evangelical world of my youth (read: James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, et. al.) who decried the ‘liberal courts’ for...
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