Darryl Dash's Blog, page 46
July 2, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Five Priorities for the Local Pastor-Theologian
In what follows, I would like to offer five priorities for the local theological life.
In the end, an unbalanced ministry will lead to an unbalance, unhealthy church.
Who’s in Charge at Church? 3 Ways the Answer Is You
Who’s in charge at church? The answer is the whole church. The whole congregation has the responsibility for its health, its preaching, and its membersh...
June 28, 2022
The More Things Change
Imagine it’s 1980.
You’re 22 years old, newly graduated from college. You’ve just started at General Motors. You walk into your office and find a steel desk with a typewriter, a rotary phone, and a physical inbox and outbox.
You work hard. After twenty years, you’ve made the jump to computers. You’re laid off in the 2001 recession, but find work with automotive parts suppliers. In 2010, you join a company that’s working on building self-driving cars. In 2015, you rejoin General Motors.
...June 25, 2022
Saturday Links
Podcast: I enjoyed talking to my wife Charlene about the importance of the body in the Christian life on the Gospel for Life podcast.
Course: My “Helping Others Grow” course is on sale on Udemy for the next 5 days using this link.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Why Is Praying so Hard for Pastors?
Prayer is part of the spiritual battle in which pastors are involved. As they engage in this spiritual activity, three things often keep them from praying.
June 21, 2022
The Moments that Matter
In 1998, I traveled to Israel. I don’t remember much. I saw most of it through the lens of a video camera. I have a file on my computer — painful to watch now — of almost the entire experience. I wish I’d put the video camera down and just paid attention.
I was ahead of my time. We pull out our cameras, anxious to capture fleeting memories before they disappear. But we’re buried in videos and pictures that we’ll probably never watch again. Sometimes we don’t even mean to capture what’s happen...
June 18, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Maybe I can say something here that, by God’s grace, will strengthen a brother’s weary hands.
Productivity Without Burnout: 8 Lessons from John Gill
How does a productive pastor not burn out? I didn’t expect to find the answer from John Gill.
A benediction chiefly functions not as a prayer, but as a pronouncement of God’s minister about God’s disposition toward His people.
June 14, 2022
Letter to a Wounded Pastor
Dear wounded pastor,
You’re not alone.
I want you to consider for a moment the company you keep. It’s pretty amazing. They locked Charles Simeon out of his own church. They fired Jonathan Edwards. When you are attacked by the people you pastor, you join the ranks of countless pastors who’ve gone before you.
You face two great challenges right now.
One is how you react. When people sin against you, decide now that you won’t respond in kind. Marshall Shelley’s counsel is wise: “When at...
June 11, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Pastor, Jesus Doesn’t Care How Big Your Church Is
As you toil and trust, you can learn to cast this earthly care onto him. He can be trusted with the attendance of your church.
Why the Promise that Jesus Will Build His Church Does Not Mean He Will Necessarily Build My Church
The promise that Jesus will build his church cannot mean that every individual church will remain prosperous.
Faithfulness is not all that is requ...
June 7, 2022
Tools I Like
I don’t usually post about the tools I like on here, but I’ve accumulated a few that I’d like to share.
Some of them cost money, but others are free. I’ve found all on the list incredibly helpful.
Note ToolsMy go-to notes app is Obsidian. I’m still learning, but I wish I’d started years ago. It’s powerful, customizable, and free.
I also enjoy geeking out on the Obsidian Roundup newsletter every weekend.
If you want a good introduction into making notes and linking them together, ...
June 4, 2022
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
The Last T4G: The Unraveling and Reweaving of North American Evangelicalism
I attended the last T4G. It marked the end of an era. But something was not quite right.
How to Think Wisely About Becoming a Social Media Celebrity
For a Christian, social media branding should look different.
Why ‘Rise and Fall’ Narratives Are Surging in Popularity
What appeals to us in the “rise and fall” narratives, particularly those about entrepreneurs who b...
May 31, 2022
The Best Book on Worship You Probably Haven’t Read
Before Mike Cosper hosted The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, he was a pastor of worship at a church in Louisville and the author of the book Rhythms of Grace: How the Church’s Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel.
It’s the book on worship that I wish every pastor and worship leader could read.
Here are four important lessons from the book.
The Sunday gathering matters.We know the Sunday gathering is important, of course, but we forget. Besides, we keep hearing people argue that th...
