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2011-03-16T15:35:16-07:00

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Shaking…And What We’ve Failed to Learn

Last updated on: March 16, 2011 at 3:35 pm By Richard Dahlstrom

When I turned on the radio Saturday morning and heard about the earthquake, I only heard the second half of a sentence, “…it was one of the worst earthquakes in history,“ as if it was something that happened decades ago. Not until I saw the New York Times front page did a realize that this was now…and not so very far away. The recent earthquakes in undeveloped parts of China, and then in Haiti, were tragic because their poverty meant... Read more

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2011-03-14T17:31:56-07:00

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Real Freedom Found in Abstinence

Last updated on: March 14, 2011 at 5:31 pm By Richard Dahlstrom

I’m giving up certain foods for Lent, a part of the Christian tradition that’s not nearly as universally recognized as Christmas and Easter. I’ll leave the historical background of this season for others to explain. My point in writing is to ponder this simple question: What’s gained by abstaining from a certain food, or from Facebook, or TV, or reading blogs (please no!) for a season? It’s a good question. In fact, Colossians 2:20-23 says, “If you have died with... Read more

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2011-03-08T10:46:30-07:00

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For…

Last updated on: March 8, 2011 at 10:46 am By Richard Dahlstrom

I grow weary…very weary, of the Christian marketing machine, of doctrinal grenades tossed into theological foxholes, as if the biggest enemy is the one whose faith in the resurrected Jesus is nuanced different than our own. Walking down the streets of Seattle years ago, I encountered a man who was distributing Bibles and leaflets, inviting people to know Christ. When he offered me a Bible I held up my hand and said, “No thanks, I have several already. I’m a... Read more

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2011-03-05T09:23:27-07:00

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Why Rest Matters

Last updated on: March 5, 2011 at 9:23 am By Richard Dahlstrom

This week there were more e-mails coming in than there was time to respond. There were lots of meetings on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday—and these were the kind of meetings that add to your “to do” list, rather take things away. In the spaces between the e-mails and the meetings, there are several large projects, each one requiring lots of time, each one having some looming deadlines. Every person is different, but this is not my favorite kind of week. The... Read more

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2011-03-01T12:34:08-07:00

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Dust by God—The Matter of the Body (Part 2)

Last updated on: March 1, 2011 at 12:34 pm By Richard Dahlstrom

In part one of The Matter of the Body I shared that a great deal of the disdain Christians sometimes show towards all things physical is rooted, not in the robust spirituality offered in Christ, but in a perversion of that spirituality, which exalts the spirit and denigrates the physical realm. This has its roots more in Plato than Jesus, and as a result of it, sitting and praying viewed as more valuable than climbing a rock or playing soccer.... Read more

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2011-02-22T10:54:13-07:00

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Fantasy: A Door That’s Closing—And Why We Should Keep It Open

Last updated on: February 22, 2011 at 10:54 am By Richard Dahlstrom

This past weekend, as part of our plans to insulate our attic bedroom, I was searching out the “art” part of the project and stumbled upon these lovely works from England. They’re part of a folklore, fairy tale genre that hints at a different world—they’re not the world itself, but just a hint of it, a marker pointing us in a direction beyond what we can touch, taste, and feel in this here and now. As Lewis says, they are... Read more

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2011-02-17T09:14:09-07:00

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Dust by God – the matter of the body – Part 1

Last updated on: February 17, 2011 at 9:14 am By Richard Dahlstrom

Because of a ski injury last year, I ended up getting an MRI, which entails lying down inside a giant bullet while invisible rays are shot at your body. The technician, who assures me this is safe, is safely in another a room. No wonder we don’t trust words anymore. Days later, while sitting with doctor, the most disturbing thing about the looking at the MRI wasn’t the diagnosis, learning how I had an injury that would never fully cure... Read more

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2011-02-12T09:31:22-07:00

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Two reasons to believe the Bible is inspired

Last updated on: February 12, 2011 at 9:31 am By Richard Dahlstrom

I was chatting with someone this week about questions of faith and “knowing”: How do we know that the Bible is from God? Know is a tricky word, because every person’s appetite for evidence is different. Some need mountains, some molehills. Either way, the truth is that you’ll never find enough scientific evidence to come to what I call, “Know with a capital ‘K'”. God’s telling us the story of history with the purpose of inviting us into that story,... Read more

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2011-02-08T09:36:49-07:00

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Reconciling 4Gs: God, Grace, Goodness, Genocide

Last updated on: February 8, 2011 at 9:36 am By Richard Dahlstrom

As promised Sunday, here’s my consideration of the question about God’s justice in the Old Testament. It’s not a definitive answer…but an attempt at framing the question in a cultural context I’ll begin by referring you to a much longer article on this subject, because page one explains why this is an important subject. It’s there we’re introduced to the assault on Christianity from the new and popular atheists, who all share a common belief that the God of the... Read more

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2011-02-08T09:36:49-07:00

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Reconciling 4Gs: God, Grace, Goodness, Genocide

Last updated on: February 8, 2011 at 9:36 am By Richard Dahlstrom

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