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a few of the thousands save by courage, hospitality, and generosity. Every time I travel in Europe I try to read some European history,...
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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
- 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
- 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 6, 2015
- 6 min
While you were living…the unconscious nature of transformation
Schladming for a little bit of rest before I head up to England for a week of speaking at Capernwray Hall. The week is a break in the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 14, 2015
- 3 min
Steps to Peace, Jesus Style (part 2)
We know the Bible, the words on scroll, know it like the back of our hands. But the Bible doesn’t bring peace. Neither does...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 17, 2014
- 4 min
Beauty and Brokenness – Living in the Tension
I’m happy to offer a repost today of something offered earlier this summer during my sabbatical because it seems so very appropriate...
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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 25, 2014
- 5 min
Rethinking the Body, Aging, and Movement – 4 Vital Ideas
“we started when we were kids and just never stopped” when are you too old to ride your bike to church? They’re brothers, these two guys...
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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
- Sep 1, 2014
- 3 min
Where am I?
(I’m happy to introduce the guest author for this post as my hiking partner, best friend, and one week from today, wife of 35 years!...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 25, 2014
- 4 min
The Wind of the Spirit – blowing plans away day by day
Our view of guidance is important, because unless we believe God can still direct our lives, orchestrating encounters, moving us to...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 11, 2014
- 4 min
Fiercely Interdependent
My sunglasses had disappeared the night before, and this, along with some other things, meant that we were nearly the last people to...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 11, 2014
- 4 min
Fiercely Interdependent
Fiercely Interdependent – My sunglasses had disappeared the night before, and this, along with some other things, meant that we were...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 29, 2014
- 4 min
Eternity in our hearts – Leaning into our longings
Most years, the first or second week of December, I’m in the little town of Schladming, in the Austrian Alps, to teach at a Bible school...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 22, 2014
- 4 min
Light for Light – The joyous necessity of shedding Stuff
All this has been unfolding at the same time I’ve been preparing to embark on a sabbatical journey, which will begin with 40 days of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 14, 2014
- 5 min
“A different plan” – Three Postures you need when Change Comes Knocking
It 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...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 7, 2014
- 4 min
Adaptation to sameness – a skill to nurture and keep
The training of the body of is vital for people like us, who have spent most of our waking hours during adulthood sitting in chairs. ...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 24, 2014
- 4 min
95th minute… 50th year… 26th mile. Why Endurance Matters
every minute matters.. especially the last one!! I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith – Paul...
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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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