top of page
Toward Wholeness Blog
Search
Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 18, 20204 min read
Corona: challenging a post-truth worldview
A survey of the Bible finds that whenever there’s a wholesale disruption to ‘normal life’, God can use it to call us back, not to the way...
612 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 8, 20205 min read
Making Friends with Doubt
We have a religious world and a real world...and I sometimes think we care more about our religious world than our real world
113 views0 comments
Abby Odio
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Lent: Embracing a Smaller World
Three days ago, my world became a bit smaller. This year for the season of Lent I felt compelled to “give up” excess phone applications...
28 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 1, 20205 min read
Corona: Disorder as Transformation
people in the Bible who met disorder with enough humility and curiosity to ask God what they should learn come out healthier on the far side
1,722 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 23, 20205 min read
A Most Critical Character Quality for finding Your Real Life
I settled in for the 10 hour flight from San Francisco to Zurich and when the screen at my seat offered the movie “Harriet”, I jumped in...
335 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Feb 6, 20204 min read
In a Post Truth World, the Body matters more
I recently posted a quote on Facebook from a favorite book of mine. It read: What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is...
370 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 31, 20195 min read
Two Good Reads for the New Year
The first book that’s both inspiring and challenging me is “The Wisdom of the Native Americans” Kent Nerburn has compiled a variety of...
60 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Dec 12, 20193 min read
Losing and Finding Our Truest Self
You know the sayings? “Old gardeners never die; they just recede” or “Old realtors never die; they just become listless.” They’re ways...
33 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Oct 12, 20193 min read
Divisive Creeds and Lovely Leaves: Autumn’s Instructions for finding our true identity
A little research reveals why the colors change: because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves...
44 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Sep 13, 20195 min read
40 – thoughts on marriage after 40 years of it
We’ve always tried to spend less than we make. Eat by candlelight as often as possible (even when you don’t want to. Sometimes just...
96 views0 comments
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...
7 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Aug 10, 20195 min read
Longing for the Scent of Hope
After quieting my mind and being reminded of the presence of Christ, above, beneath, around, and within me, my move outdoors hits me like...
23 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 27, 20194 min read
Meditation: Good for your heart - the literal one that pumps
If you're any kind of endurance athlete, you've likely heard of Heart Rate Variability, the notion that when you're least stressed, the...
32 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 27, 20194 min read
Meditation: Good for the heart; the literal one that pumps your blood
Meanwhile, there’s a verse in the Bible that says, “above all else guard your heart”, for from it flow the wellsprings of life.” I’ve...
11 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Jul 18, 20196 min read
The Disciplines of Self Care – (Why your Oxygen mask must go on first)
Years ago I found myself in a debate over an organization’s mission statement. At the time it read, “meeting people at their point of...
22 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 27, 20193 min read
An Overview of books by Richard
The Map is not the Journey: Faith Renewed while Hiking the Alps. "Replace weariness with refreshment, obligations with passion, and...
73 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Jun 26, 20194 min read
The challenge and opportunity of "Wholeness"
When Paul the apostle invited his friends in the ancient Greek town of Thessalonica to wholeness, his desire was that they'd achieve it...
22 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
May 25, 20193 min read
Introducing Rule of Life – the path to spirit, soul, body, wholeness
I’m tired, on the one hand, of a passivity that declares that since Christ is in me, I’m already complete, and so am finished growing. ...
39 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Apr 11, 20194 min read
“We will not be silent”… will we?
Taproot Theatre in Seattle is presently running a play about one of my faith heroes, Sophie Scholl. Along with her brother Hans, these...
54 views0 comments
Richard Dahlstrom
Mar 30, 20194 min read
Seattle is Dying…for a third way view of justice
If you care about poverty, homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction, or the morale of law enforcement, I hope you find some time to...
15 views0 comments
Wholeness Blog: Blog2
bottom of page