Longing for the Scent of Hope
After quieting my mind and being reminded of the presence of Christ, above, beneath, around, and within me, my move outdoors hits me like...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 19, 2018
- 4 min
The Sacred Art of Unlearning
My granddaughter moved in a few weeks ago. O yeah – my daughter and son-in-law moved in too, but I’m writing about my granddaughter...
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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
- 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
- Jul 26, 2017
- 5 min
Steal, Kill, and Destroy – Killing Hope
Even the desert will bloom… Note: I’m presently offering a short series of the many ways in which our enemy seeks to steal, kill, and...
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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
- Mar 28, 2017
- 3 min
Beauty, Beast, and the Gospel of Identity
Christians are outraged over a movie, it’s nearly certain that, not only will I like it, but that there will be an element of the gospel...
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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
- Feb 26, 2016
- 4 min
OE or OE? Choosing the Right Letters for Life
While you drink your tea (TEA!!! ugh), you scan your schedule and realize you have three difficult meetings today and then a...
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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
- 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
- Jan 19, 2015
- 4 min
The Art of Paying Attention, courtesy of Seattle Seahawks
The touchdown pass in overtime yesterday shook the city. Literally. The stadium was equipped with earthquake censors for some tests,...
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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
- 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
- Nov 1, 2014
- 5 min
When “churches” implode – Three truths to give you hope
Mars Hill church community in Seattle may create questions and/or pain for Christ followers in both Seattle and beyond. But churches...
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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 12, 2014
- 3 min
Coming off the mountain: Ebola, Suicide, and Terror
These prayers, though, are also very provincial. They’re about our real situation because mostly, this is what we know about when we’re...
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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 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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