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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 25, 20092 min read
Stray Dogs and Thanksgiving Invitations…
I wake this morning intending to skip rope in the backyard forest, but as I sip my morning coffee, the sunrise is too inviting for such...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 24, 20091 min read
Blind Side… good for the mind and soul
1. I like that Hollywood portrait a southern Christian Republican family in a positive light. I’ve grown accustomed to the mockery of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 23, 20091 min read
Winter Song
In case you liked yesterday’s video… #life #Reviews
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 20, 20093 min read
Children’s Rights… everywhere except here
Remember that I’m musing here, not preaching. The purpose of this blog, at least some of the time, is simply to incite discussion. ...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 17, 20093 min read
Harvesters of Light
Thankfully, we live with the confidence that in just a few short weeks the darkness, which has seemingly been getting the upper hand,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 10, 20093 min read
When walls fall down… lessons from Berlin
As I look back on both the opening up of Eastern Europe, there are lessons to be learned: 1. Faith spoke to oppression then – it had...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 5, 20092 min read
Strange Juxtapositions
The room from which I’m writing right now in Canada looks south. The beauty out the bay window is more than stunning; the beauty almost...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Nov 3, 20093 min read
“AND”: the importance of paradox to faith
Neat systems bother me. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Calvinism or Arminianism, fundamentalism or liberalism, Catholicism or...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 28, 20093 min read
U2 and the Unfashionable Cross
My concern resides in our age old tendency to reshape the gospel so that it matches our own personal ideals and passions, with the result...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 27, 20093 min read
Lessons from Europe…
This November/December I’ll once again be spending some time in Germany and Austria, teaching at two different Bible Colleges. During...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 24, 20094 min read
Marriage: Away it goes
30 years and counting It’s an amazing time in history. On the one hand, we’re seeing movement on the part of same-sex couples to have...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 20, 20094 min read
The Bible as an Idol
The Bible: Maybe the most dangerous idol? In Exodus 20, the very first of God’s ten commandments is His declaration that we must “have...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 16, 20092 min read
Are we there yet? Sojourners and Shalom
Are we there yet? How do you find music you like? Here’s one way it happens for me… I purchased a compilation CD recently because I’d...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 13, 20092 min read
This is what I’m talking about…
Obama wins the prize...but why “God has placed eternity in the hearts of men…” is one of those mysterious verses in the Bible that is...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 8, 20092 min read
Dancing the Sabbath in 6/7 time
However, rather than tackle the whole “socialist, church bells, prayer day, gun control” culture, I’d like to just talk about the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 7, 20092 min read
questions…bridges…life
Welcome… After blogging for years over at blogspot (where you can find all the old stuff about movies, sexuality, politics, faith, doubt,...
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