Two Good Reads for the New Year
The first book that’s both inspiring and challenging me is “The Wisdom of the Native Americans” Kent Nerburn has compiled a variety of...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 14, 2019
- 3 min
Post Modernity Grows Up, Functioning Shuts Down
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire. You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you...
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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
- 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
- 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
- Jun 30, 2017
- 5 min
Words Matter: It’s high time we believe that!
I wrote it out on an index card and put it in my pocket. It served me well during those tumultuous days, when I was feeling socially...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Apr 20, 2017
- 4 min
The Cultural Faith Crises of Burnt/Raw pancakes
What does the pornography problem in the Bible belt, and the appalling lack of generosity among democrats have to do with a burnt/raw...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Mar 23, 2017
- 4 min
New Axioms in a Post Truth World
Do you remember eighth grade geometry, and the subject of axioms? An axiom is “a statement or proposition that is regarded as being...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jul 5, 2016
- 6 min
Mythical Freedom and Real Freedom
But what does “the land of the free” really mean? And in what sense are we free? The questions weren’t political for me this year but...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Dec 5, 2013
- 3 min
If soil could talk… life lessons from the history of a lake
lake. It’s about a half mile down to the park on the waterfront and when I arrive, the suns maybe 15 minutes from dipping below the Alps...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 28, 2013
- 4 min
When Everything’s Collapsing? The Ancient Paths
Meanwhile, our pop culture offers one of it’s stars at a music awards show and we’re struck with the realization that nobility,...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 23, 2013
- 4 min
Lessons from Daniel and Esther: Know Your King or Miss Your Point
Daniel and Esther are two personalities in Israel’s history who understood that they will gladly serve the king, and work for the good of...
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