“Don’t Love the World” “Love the World” Which is it? … a third way
I LOVE this world, in the kind of way that I believe the Bible tells us to love the world. I love the intricate biosystems of the human...
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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
- 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 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 7, 2017
- 4 min
Steal, Kill, and Destroy – stealing our unity
I understand that the literalists will have a problem with Rohr’s statement, but the point is essentially accurate: Our divisions are...
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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 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
- Dec 15, 2016
- 3 min
The Gifts of Christmas #3: His humble circumstances free us
It was a low point for me in my seminary career. “If he’s right, I’m finished” I remember thinking to myself. I’d later, in a...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 14, 2016
- 1 min
The Gifts of Christmas: #2 – Free! Can’t be bought, only received!
Give, give, give, means that there can be only one response. Receive, receive, receive. We can’t earn the gift that is Christ. We’ll...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 13, 2016
- 3 min
The Gifts of Christmas: #1 – We are seen and heard
During the days between now and Christmas, I want to share some reflections with you about the many gifts that are part of the One Gift...
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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
- Aug 11, 2016
- 7 min
Forest Bathing as a Vision for the Church
Scientists are discovering that humans are also profound beneficiaries of the forest. “Forsest Bathing”, which simply means to walk in a...
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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
- Dec 24, 2015
- 4 min
The Light has Come: So Lighten Up!
“snow on snow” (12 feet, or 4 meters for my Europe friends) as the Christmas carol says, the house was dark because the power had gone...
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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
- Apr 1, 2015
- 4 min
Steps to Peace – Jesus’ style (part 1)
“Peace be to you” says Jesus, standing in the midst of the disciples, in a room with a locked door where he’s suddenly appeared without...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 12, 2014
- 4 min
Rhythm: Why You Need it – How you get it.
I’m sitting here on my weekly day of Sabbath, staring out the window at fir trees laden with wet, dripping life down onto the soil and...
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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 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 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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