True Colors: The Necessity of Loss and Change in our Lives
A walk around Gold Creek Pond has, for the years I've lived here in the mountains, always been an act of worship. This year, the seasons...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 13, 2019
- 5 min
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...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 15, 2018
- 4 min
Seasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Go
left to right: Martin, Director of Tauernhof, Richard, Charlie, board member of Tauernhof. “Stay a little longer” my friend Martin...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
How Naming Your Values can Change Your Life
The sad reality, though, is that the testimonies offered that day also served as a grave reminder that courage, servanthood, generosity,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
Time heals nothing
The show has an adopted child in the family – I’m an adopted child in my family. The sister among the siblings struggles with weight –...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 6, 2018
- 4 min
Your “Sphere of Influence” is calling and You must go
The church hasn’t been immune to this polarizing. We’ve mirrored the culture’s political tribal hatred, enough so that it’s increasingly...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 4, 2017
- 2 min
Let the Journey Begin – An invitation to travel to the Alps with me
“Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all” is how Helen Keller put it. She’s was onto something, surely. When Dave...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 28, 2017
- 2 min
Are you running to Win?
You are God’s uniquely handcrafted beautiful creation. You have gifts to bring to our darkening and weary world, and that means you...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 26, 2017
- 5 min
Steal, Kill, and Destroy – Killing Hope
Even the desert will bloom… Note: I’m presently offering a short series of the many ways in which our enemy seeks to steal, kill, and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- May 24, 2017
- 4 min
The Subtle Seduction of Letting Ourselves be Bent
church I lead has collided with my reading of “You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit”. The result has led me to believe...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
Fear of Falling vs Freedom to Fail: Choose Wisely
fear of falling is more dangerous than falling I hope you’ve seen the ascendancy of young lives as they move from infant to toddler? If...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 9, 2016
- 6 min
Marriage: 37 Lessons from 37 Years of Experience
still smiling after 37 years of journeying together Thirty seven years is a long time, and yesterday my wife and I were able to celebrate...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 1, 2016
- 5 min
Playlists – Memorial Stones for the 21st Century
retrieving our car meant enjoying this view again today! My wife and I recently returned from a beautiful adventure, hiking 50 miles of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 18, 2016
- 3 min
“Adventures in Saying Yes” was the best read of the summer because…
“Speaking of Jesus”, which is one of my favorite books, precisely because the author has a knack for telling people about Jesus as if...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 25, 2016
- 8 min
Beating Fear with Seven Words for Seven Summits
NOTE: This is from a chapter entitled, “Exposure”. I deal with the deadly life shrinking nature of fear in this post. Sorry it’s...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 14, 2016
- 4 min
Seeing and Gratitude: Fuel for the Desert Journey
I decide that awake and watching the completion of the ESPY’s, ESPN’s annual sports awards show is as good as awake and simmering with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 18, 2016
- 6 min
Into the fog of discipleship…step by step
All right then. It will be a day to put on the touring skis, which means attaching friction creating skins to the base of the skis and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 24, 2015
- 4 min
“Not Burdensome”…. musings on the ease of obedience and self-denial
Is self denial a burden? In the coming days, I offer some thoughts from my devotions in Jeremiah. It’s been too long since I’ve written,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 3, 2015
- 4 min
20 Years Our Home… and a time for everything
It was just over a year ago that my mom-in-law came to visit, and some health matters made it clear it would be best for her to stay with...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 28, 2015
- 4 min
Finding Hope in the midst of Setbacks
It turned dark late this past Friday afternoon, and the mixed snow and rain turned to just snow, pure and white, cold in her beauty,...
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