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
- Jul 18, 2019
- 6 min
The Disciplines of Self Care – (Why your Oxygen mask must go on first)
Years ago I found myself in a debate over an organization’s mission statement. At the time it read, “meeting people at their point of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 15, 2018
- 4 min
Seasons of Life and Lessons in Staying and Letting Go
left to right: Martin, Director of Tauernhof, Richard, Charlie, board member of Tauernhof. “Stay a little longer” my friend Martin...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
How Naming Your Values can Change Your Life
The sad reality, though, is that the testimonies offered that day also served as a grave reminder that courage, servanthood, generosity,...
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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 6, 2018
- 4 min
The thing that mustn’t change: Use Your Gifts!
My predecessor just keep using his gifts day after day for 38 years. The difficult truth that few seem interested in hearing these days...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 29, 2018
- 4 min
“…the time we’ve been given” – The Why and How of a Personal Mission Statement
1. Coffee. Always first: Coffee 2. Bible reading while drinking the first cup. 3. Meditation (from the Bible reading) 4. Writing in the...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 6, 2018
- 4 min
Your “Sphere of Influence” is calling and You must go
The church hasn’t been immune to this polarizing. We’ve mirrored the culture’s political tribal hatred, enough so that it’s increasingly...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 7, 2018
- 4 min
Awakening the Feminine Voice in the Church – What it means and Why it Matters
The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day… life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Mar 16, 2018
- 4 min
A Pilgrimage to find Courage
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 22, 2017
- 4 min
Lighten up! The value of Hope over rage, cynicism, and despondency
The first winter we lived in the mountains, an early storm knocked down hundreds of fir trees deep in the cascades, and those trees...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 18, 2017
- 3 min
Thanksgiving Tips for Civil Conversation: Embrace the Exile
Christ followers are exiles. Accept it. We always have been, always will be. When Paul said “maranatha” in I Corinthians 16:22 he was...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 28, 2017
- 2 min
Are you running to Win?
You are God’s uniquely handcrafted beautiful creation. You have gifts to bring to our darkening and weary world, and that means you...
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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
- Jul 6, 2017
- 4 min
Fire: Getting it and Keeping it
Before burning season is over, though, we’re already on the prowl for new wood for the next season. It must be found, cut into pieces...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 12, 2017
- 4 min
United Airlines, Holy Week, and Missing the Forest for the trees
Behavior needs to match mission, right? They did it “according to the book”. With too many passengers and not enough seats, they asked...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 16, 2016
- 3 min
The Gifts of Christmas #4: Jesus breaks dividing walls
With fears of “the other” on the rise, a look at Jesus life, from beginning to end, is like a drink of fresh cold water in the midst of...
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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 27, 2015
- 4 min
5 Sentences: The Wisest Advice I’ve ever Received
1. Make knowing God the number one priority in your life. This was the word spoken to me from Jeremiah 9 when I was 20 years old and I...
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