40 – thoughts on marriage after 40 years of it
We’ve always tried to spend less than we make. Eat by candlelight as often as possible (even when you don’t want to. Sometimes just...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Feb 23, 2019
- 5 min
“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
- Oct 17, 2017
- 4 min
#metoo
Thanks be to God, the tide is turning. Bill Clinton and Anthony Weiner occurred at a time when they were viewed as isolated incidents...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Aug 10, 2017
- 4 min
Steal, Kill, and Destroy – Stealing our Healthy Sexual Identity
Continuing in a series of looking at ways in which the gifts God wants us to know and enjoy are stolen from us, this entry and the next...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jun 9, 2017
- 4 min
Vicarious vs. Experience: Not Even Close
They would, in other words, rather look on a relationship from the outside, experiencing the hollow thrill of being an observer, rather...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- May 31, 2017
- 1 min
37 Years married and Still Enjoying Eros: Here’s How
God affirms eros. Healthy eros requires a cocktail of practices on a regular basis, including affirmation, invitation, respecting each...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Oct 21, 2016
- 3 min
A letter to men:
Words matter. Mr. Trump spoke on the bus about making unwanted sexual advances and literally grabbing women. He spoke to Howard Stern...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Sep 9, 2016
- 6 min
Marriage: 37 Lessons from 37 Years of Experience
still smiling after 37 years of journeying together Thirty seven years is a long time, and yesterday my wife and I were able to celebrate...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Jan 15, 2014
- 4 min
Real Housewives of Mesopotamia – and what we can learn from them
And so begins a mini drama where Abraham’s wife is taken by force because of her beauty and offered to the harem of the highest leader in...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Nov 13, 2013
- 4 min
Recovering the Body before its completely dead.
“the end of sex” as we know it, referencing an article about the dramatically diminishing sex lives of Japanese young people, as the joy...
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Richard Dahlstrom
- Oct 23, 2013
- 4 min
The End of Sex as we know it – and what to do about it (embodiment pt 2)
“Japan’s under-40s appear to be losing interest in conventional relationships. Millions aren’t even dating, and increasing numbers can’t...
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