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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Sep 30, 2017
- 4 min
Welcome Autumn – by Learning to Walk in the Dark
The rest of our lives, it’s a different story, especially if we’ve been taught to love Jesus. We’ve often learned that darkness is...
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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
- Apr 7, 2017
- 5 min
Fear of Falling vs Freedom to Fail: Choose Wisely
fear of falling is more dangerous than falling I hope you’ve seen the ascendancy of young lives as they move from infant to toddler? If...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 4, 2017
- 4 min
Idol Busting and Fire Walking – the power of right habits
“Nebuchadnezzar said to them: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue I’ve...
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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
- Nov 29, 2015
- 4 min
Inside Out: In Praise of the Gift of Sadness
You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 14, 2015
- 5 min
Dead Flies, and the Overconfidence of Darkness – Early reflections on Paris
“And in His name all oppression shall cease…” These were the lyrics coming from the speakers yesterday afternoon when I discovered...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 24, 2015
- 4 min
“Not Burdensome”…. musings on the ease of obedience and self-denial
Is self denial a burden? In the coming days, I offer some thoughts from my devotions in Jeremiah. It’s been too long since I’ve written,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 28, 2015
- 4 min
Finding Hope in the midst of Setbacks
It turned dark late this past Friday afternoon, and the mixed snow and rain turned to just snow, pure and white, cold in her beauty,...
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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
- Dec 2, 2014
- 4 min
All I want for Christmas is: A Vision for Unity
That’s because I live in a different world. I live in a world where I know more and more people who are coming out of closet; they’re...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 13, 2014
- 3 min
The War of Fog – 3 truths for Living with Clarity in Zero Visibility
We’re waiting for the cable car that will haul us up to the Douglass Hut, the base from which we’ll be hiking over a couple of passes 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
- 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 6, 2014
- 3 min
From Germany to Seattle – finding hope in the midst of grief
My oldest daughter is a Seattle Pacific Alum and writes from Germany this morning as she ponders the tragic shootings here in Seattle and...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- May 14, 2014
- 4 min
Why “fear of death tomorrow” prevents “joy of life today”
a book about the importance of opening oneself to direct encounter with creation, in preparation for a 40 day hike in the Alps this...
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