Richard DahlstromMar 18, 20204 minCorona: challenging a post-truth worldviewA 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...
Richard DahlstromMar 8, 20205 minMaking 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
Richard DahlstromMar 1, 20205 minCorona: Disorder as Transformationpeople 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
Richard DahlstromDec 15, 20184 minSeasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Goleft to right: Martin, Director of Tauernhof, Richard, Charlie, board member of Tauernhof. “Stay a little longer” my friend Martin...
Richard DahlstromApr 20, 20174 minThe Cultural Faith Crises of Burnt/Raw pancakesWhat does the pornography problem in the Bible belt, and the appalling lack of generosity among democrats have to do with a burnt/raw...
Richard DahlstromApr 12, 20174 minUnited Airlines, Holy Week, and Missing the Forest for the treesBehavior needs to match mission, right? They did it “according to the book”. With too many passengers and not enough seats, they asked...
Richard DahlstromJul 5, 20166 minMythical Freedom and Real FreedomBut what does “the land of the free” really mean? And in what sense are we free? The questions weren’t political for me this year but...
Richard DahlstromOct 6, 20152 minWhen shoot happens… what happens next?By now, unless the shooting is personal, we Americans know the drill quite well. Our president will stand up and talk about the need for...
Richard DahlstromDec 17, 20144 minBeauty and Brokenness – Living in the TensionI’m happy to offer a repost today of something offered earlier this summer during my sabbatical because it seems so very appropriate...
Richard DahlstromDec 2, 20144 minAll I want for Christmas is: A Vision for UnityThat’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...
Richard DahlstromOct 18, 20145 minAfter Failure – The next steps matter most. What to avoid and what to do.Failure isn’t really the main problem in this world. There are remedies for failures, and often clear steps to take so that in the wake...
Richard DahlstromSep 13, 20143 minThe War of Fog – 3 truths for Living with Clarity in Zero VisibilityWe’re waiting for the cable car that will haul us up to the Douglass Hut, the base from which we’ll be hiking over a couple of passes to...
Richard DahlstromJul 14, 20145 min“A different plan” – Three Postures you need when Change Comes KnockingIt was supposed to be the Cascades… I spoke with a couple last week who lost their child to cancer at the age of six. As we talked of...
Richard DahlstromJun 6, 20143 minFrom Germany to Seattle – finding hope in the midst of griefMy oldest daughter is a Seattle Pacific Alum and writes from Germany this morning as she ponders the tragic shootings here in Seattle and...
Richard DahlstromMar 29, 20147 minWorld Vision defies Physics: Church’s REACTION is bigger than WV’s action, and sadequal and opposite reaction. Likely true in the world of matter, but this week evangelicals managed to prove that Newton’s law bears no...
Richard DahlstromJan 16, 20144 minReal Housewives of Mesopotamia – and what we can learn from themAnd so begins a mini drama where Abraham’s wife is taken by force because of her beauty and offered to the harem of the highest leader in...
Richard DahlstromDec 18, 20133 min“For All People…” Why the Radical Inclusiveness of Christmas matters.When the angel announced good news of great joy for all people, the angel opened the door for a feisty conversation about who’s in and...
Richard DahlstromAug 5, 20133 minWhen Life produces Too Much Life: The Value of QuittingThe essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. – Michael Porter There’s a forest in m Too many trees. Too many buds on the vine. ...
Richard DahlstromJun 3, 20113 minGlory, tragedy, and lessons…from the final minute.“stoppage time.” I’ve been waiting, since moving back to the Pacific Northwest in 1984, for Vancouver’s Canucks to win their first-ever...
Richard DahlstromApr 30, 20113 minIn secret: the value of humility and anonymityIn my readings for the upcoming symposium of faith and science that I’m attending, I’ve discovered that the deeper one goes down the...