Two Good Reads for the New Year
The first book that’s both inspiring and challenging me is “The Wisdom of the Native Americans” Kent Nerburn has compiled a variety of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 12, 2019
- 3 min
Losing and Finding Our Truest Self
You know the sayings? “Old gardeners never die; they just recede” or “Old realtors never die; they just become listless.” They’re ways...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 11, 2019
- 4 min
“We will not be silent”… will we?
Taproot Theatre in Seattle is presently running a play about one of my faith heroes, Sophie Scholl. Along with her brother Hans, these...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Mar 30, 2019
- 4 min
Seattle is Dying…for a third way view of justice
If you care about poverty, homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction, or the morale of law enforcement, I hope you find some time to...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Mar 25, 2019
- 3 min
Cory and the Seventh Story – A Children’s Book Worth Reading
I don’t blame them, but I’m angry – because people who are rejecting the faith aren’t rejecting the real Jesus. They’re rejecting an...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
When God was a Bird – A Book about Finding God in Creation
Somewhere in between the micro of the atom and macro of the universe, reside the flora and fauna we encounter on a regular basis in our...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 5, 2019
- 3 min
Authentic Health: A Good Read to start 2019
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 15, 2018
- 3 min
The Fight for Hope: A Life Worth Living
My temptation in such times is what sociologists call ‘cocooning’, a tendency to withdraw into the predictability of our homes, close the...
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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
- Aug 3, 2018
- 4 min
Hungry for a Tribe – musings on isolation and consumerism
What’s going on? Why does Joe Rogan have 30 million podcasts downloads each month? And, more cogent to this blog and my own musings:...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 9, 2018
- 4 min
Silence, Suicide and the folly of our “left vs right” polarization
The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy… but I have come that they might have life! – Jesus the Christ Each untimely loss is tragic,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 19, 2018
- 2 min
Quotables: Immortal Diamond
I don’t present them in order of importance. Rather, I read this book last fall, saw it on my shelf, and thought, “Why not start with...
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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
- Dec 2, 2017
- 12 min
The Disco Ball of Success, and What to do when You’re Blinded by it
Here’s a free chapter for all those folks you know in your lives who have walked the road of success for a bit of distance and are both...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Mar 28, 2017
- 3 min
Beauty, Beast, and the Gospel of Identity
Christians are outraged over a movie, it’s nearly certain that, not only will I like it, but that there will be an element of the gospel...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 27, 2016
- 6 min
Handel and Messiah – Tearing Hearts Open since 1742
Joyful Noise at Taproot Theater is not to be missed. I’ve been to lots of funerals, partly because I’m a pastor and partly because death...
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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
- Feb 9, 2016
- 3 min
Bible Reading’s Boring or Difficult? Try this at any age!
From “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Yesterday, in the church I lead, I spoke on the importance of reading the Bible on...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 30, 2016
- 4 min
Lessons I’m learning in 2016 #2 – Loving My Neighbors, a mile at a time
5200 vertical = a mile of blessing and transformation January 18th was my 60th birthday and it was more than just a great day. It was an...
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