Post Modernity Grows Up, Functioning Shuts Down
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 26, 2018
- 4 min
A Case Study in Bible Questions – “I do not permit a woman to….?”
On the surface of things, it appears simple enough right? Women can’t teach or have authority over men. Done. On the other hand. The...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 14, 2018
- 4 min
Facebook, Nazis, and Fake News – History shows our ongoing need for Discernment
Born in Germany and educated both there and at Oxford, Delmer was uniquely qualified to have a foot in both German and British culture, a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 25, 2018
- 5 min
Leadership Beneath the Surface: Paying attention to the Invisible
This stuff has value. This stuff has limited value. It has value because everyone could use a motivational shot in the arm, a reminder...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 30, 2017
- 5 min
Words Matter: It’s high time we believe that!
I wrote it out on an index card and put it in my pocket. It served me well during those tumultuous days, when I was feeling socially...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Mar 23, 2017
- 4 min
New Axioms in a Post Truth World
Do you remember eighth grade geometry, and the subject of axioms? An axiom is “a statement or proposition that is regarded as being...
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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
- Nov 14, 2015
- 5 min
Dead Flies, and the Overconfidence of Darkness – Early reflections on Paris
“And in His name all oppression shall cease…” These were the lyrics coming from the speakers yesterday afternoon when I discovered...
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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
- Mar 6, 2015
- 4 min
Good Leadership: “Reserve Capacity” and 3 ways to develop it
What is reserve capacity and how is it developed? Read on: “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 2, 2014
- 4 min
All I want for Christmas is: A Vision for Unity
That’s because I live in a different world. I live in a world where I know more and more people who are coming out of closet; they’re...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Oct 11, 2014
- 4 min
“Boots on the Ground – Or Heads in the Clouds” – The biggest challenge Chris
In two weeks I’ll be home, preparing to meet people in the church I lead who I haven’t seen in nearly three months. Their priceless gift...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 21, 2014
- 4 min
“Five Values for Sustainable Leadership”, vital for churches, families, calling (part 1)
Will you still be using your gifts at 83 like Fred Beckey is here? I hope so. My predecessor at the church I lead in Seattle served that...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 7, 2010
- 4 min
Adaptive Leadership –
deadliest day, in the deadliest year, of Everest mountaineering history. One of the heroic stories of that day was the actions of Ed...
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