Richard Dahlstrom
Moving life from bland to beautiful
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When Clouds Part – And How to Part Them
As the clouds of Isis, school shootings, human trafficking, and a refugee crisis that will change Europe forever, it’s vital to remember what kind of world exists, already, because of what Christ did on the cross. Continue reading
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Places as People
Originally posted on The Way Home:
And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another…
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LAST POST AT THIS ADDRESS FOLKS: WE’RE MOVING!
It’s been great to write here at bodysoulspiritlife.com but the time has come to move over to http://www.stepbystepjourney.com so if you’re interested in keeping in touch, keeping up with the current trek through Alps, or receiving my blog posts, please … Continue reading
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I’m MOVING!!
Well, actually, it’s my blog that’s moving, from this address to stepbystepjourney.com I’m doing this for a number of reasons: 1. I believe that life is intended to be a journey, not of wandering in circles, but of moving closer … Continue reading
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It’s become fashionable to be socially just. The evening news covers protests about the horrifically evil kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian girls. We call each other to embody the gospel by breaking down walls of social division, and setting captives … Continue reading
May 7, 2014
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In praise of healthy lament
“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace” -Jeremiah 6:14 Dissociative disorder is defined as a “disruption or breakdown of memory, awareness, identity or perception.” It’s a common occurrence among war … Continue reading
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Taking thought for tomorrow – Lessons in making life meaningful from ants and firewood
I slept on the sofa last night in the place where I go to study and write sometimes because it was snowing. Maybe its because I grew up where it never snowed; or because the smell of fir trees remind … Continue reading
Musings on Boston Strong and why Beating Fear matters so much.
Fear is a net which evil casts over us that we might become ensnared and fall. Those who are afraid have already fallen. D. Bonhoeffer I went for a tiny little run this morning around the lake by my house, … Continue reading
Killing the Power Play – Lessons from World Vision and Church History
It’s been over week now since World Vision acted, the Evangelical world reacted, and hundreds of us wrote about it. This morning, I’m enjoying some coffee and reading John 9, which is a story about a blind guy Jesus heals … Continue reading
Response to World Vision defies Physics: Church’s REACTION is bigger than WV’s action, and sad
I took physics in college as an architecture student, and learned that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Likely true in the world of matter, but this week evangelicals managed to prove that Newton’s law bears no resemblance … Continue reading
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