You Can’t Live on Adrenaline Forever – A call to rest
In quietness and confidence is your strength – Isaiah the prophet God, in infinite wisdom, has given us a credit card for energy. It’s...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 1, 2015
- 4 min
Steps to Peace – Jesus’ style (part 1)
“Peace be to you” says Jesus, standing in the midst of the disciples, in a room with a locked door where he’s suddenly appeared without...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Feb 14, 2015
- 4 min
Three Ways Sabbath practice will help you become whole.
“all who are thirsty…” Yesterday I spent some time in what is slowly becoming a sabbath routine for this season of life. My wife and I...
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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 19, 2014
- 2 min
Last Journey’s the Best
It’s our last hike, the end of our forty days trekking through the Alps together. I’ll begin teaching next week and thinking about...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- May 27, 2014
- 5 min
Achilles Heal: Lessons for life and leadership learned from a tendon
The Achilles story is appropriate because this tendon seems the bane of countless athletes. Anatomy for Runners tells the story of a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- May 9, 2014
- 7 min
Success, Sabbaticals, Loss, and Heading to the Alps
If success is a mountain, I’m an accidental climber. Has it ever happened to you? You’ve been working hard for goals you believe in for...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 19, 2010
- 1 min
Snow Day…
Went up to the writing cabin to prepare it for the coming deep freeze and got more than I bargained for… a perfect powder day at Mt...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 7, 2010
- 2 min
Alone again, naturally.
“Alone” isn’t really the right word, because I’m referring to the two of us, husband and wife. We’ve been on a vacation this week, not...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- May 1, 2010
- 3 min
The Shalom of Creation
The Shalom of Creation Yesterday my wife and I drove up the Mt. Baker highway to its very end. She wearing snow shoes, and I backcountry...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 16, 2009
- 3 min
Rest and Wounds
After falling last Thursday on the ski slope in Austria, I could barely move. My fall was a mere 150 meters of skiing above the gondola,...
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