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Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 28
- 9 min
Shalom Living - A Practical Path to Daily Peace
NOTE: Whether it’s the bestselling ‘The Anxious Generation’ , the timeless plots from Shakespeare revealing humanity’s seeming addiction...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 16
- 7 min
Domination: The ‘Why’ of evil, fear, anxiety and violence
As you might know, I’m presently writing about the two fundamental paradigms that have governed humanity for all time. I’m doing this...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 13
- 7 min
Catching Fire: Steps to lighting the hidden kindling in our lives
My father-in-law accidentally bought a wood stove shop over 40 years ago. He thought he simply bought a building, but apparently didn’t...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 12
- 6 min
Domination or Shalom: Your Most Vital Choice...Choose Wisely!
A recent article highlighted a conversation in England about the degree to which some caretakers of public spaces are struggling to deal...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Rex Lex vs Lex Rex
NOTE: I posted this on Facebook earlier this week, and because of the large response, though it appropriate to share with those who...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 15
- 8 min
Reading (and Writing) Summer 24
It's been a very long time since I was able to write here because, while my official retirement from my role at Bethany Community Church...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Feb 14
- 5 min
"this ad is bulls*&%$" - the challenge of knowing truth in this era and why it matters
A mutual friend was watching the super bowl with a group of people who aren't Christ followers. He shared that when the ad about Jesus...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 22
- 5 min
Face to Face Social Connections: For Faith and Heart Health
NOTE: This is part of a series about heart health, based on the premise that “what’s good the heart (physical) is good for the heart...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 2
- 5 min
Four Values to Define 2024
I’m generally an optimist, but looking ahead to 2024 is challenging that tendency. The wars, violence, tribalism, loneliness, addiction,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 15, 2023
- 4 min
Chosen to shine. The (true) Tale of an "Advent Tree"
(Not once upon a time, but just a few weeks ago in real life)…there was a lady of the forest. She loved the trees and walked among them,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 9, 2023
- 7 min
Move! The Spirit’s “why” for exercise
If you’ll recall, we’re in a series about the health of the heart, and exploring the sweet spot where the physical heart overlaps with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 27, 2023
- 6 min
The Vagus Nerve: Where Spirit meets Body meets Jesus
Note to reader: This is part three in a series about the relationship between your spiritual health and the health of your spiritual...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 4, 2023
- 9 min
What’s First: ____ & ___!!
Note to reader: This is part two in an ongoing series on the relationship of heart health to spiritual health. You can read the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Oct 30, 2023
- 7 min
Matters of the Heart: They're Literal
The tribe of people who still believe in God, still pray, still seek to live out from the basis of spiritual realities, but aren’t...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 9, 2023
- 7 min
Keep saying "Yes"...what I've learned through 44 years of marriage
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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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 2, 2023
- 8 min
"Show and Tell" Reflections on how I spent my summer and what I learned...
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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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 26, 2023
- 6 min
On Receiving Difficulties well - the gift of Hormesis
"Consider it pure joy when you encounter various trials... " James 1 "...we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 7, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
Practical Forest Faith in 4 Parts
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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