The Collapse of Everything, and Why it’s a Source of Hope
Plunge your pole, hard, into the place you anticipate placing your foot. Look carefully. Step quickly. Go! They’ve collapsed under my...
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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 25, 2017
- 4 min
Sustainable Faith requires Practices
On Sunday November 25th I’ll be speaking at all our Bethany locations on the very important subject of how to turn spiritual disciplines...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 4, 2017
- 3 min
38 thoughts on Marriage after 38 years.
My wife and I celebrated 38 years of married life yesterday. Here are 38 thoughts on what’s contributed to our marriage not just...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 29, 2017
- 4 min
Steal, Kill, and Destroy – Stealing Time
I tell you not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. Matthew 6:29 It’s wildflower season in the mountains, and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 13, 2017
- 4 min
“Steal, Kill, and Destroy” – Your Time’s Been Stolen!
You’ve been ripped off I mean to live this year as if it were my last, and will hate every time I fall below that standard and fritter...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 24, 2016
- 4 min
The Gifts of Christmas #5 – Shepherd, Provider, Gift Giver
Over 37 years, two stockings have become ten. JOY! It was in the late summer of 1976 when I first made my way north to Seattle,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 9, 2016
- 6 min
Marriage: 37 Lessons from 37 Years of Experience
still smiling after 37 years of journeying together Thirty seven years is a long time, and yesterday my wife and I were able to celebrate...
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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
- Mar 3, 2015
- 4 min
Setting Your Sights Higher: Why “Right Intentions” Matter so much
“Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. Moses...
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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
- Jan 5, 2015
- 7 min
The gains that come from loss
As the cemetery comes into view on this spectacular January afternoon, I feel as if I’m being transported back in time, because this...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Oct 18, 2014
- 5 min
After 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...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Jun 3, 2014
- 4 min
Postcard from Fresno…
I process by writing… and I’m here in Fresno because my mom’s resting, and ready to go home and be with Jesus. Here’s what I’m thinking...
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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
- May 8, 2014
- 2 min
Life is a Journey: Step by Step
There’s a hearing. It comes to us in dreams, or songs, or after a conversation in the corner booth of a Tuesday night with the one we...
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