Darryl Dash's Blog, page 80
March 30, 2019
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Discipleship and the Sacraments
When Jesus commanded his church to make disciples he didn’t leave us to our own imaginations and programs. He also gave us a process.
Don’t Preach Microwaved Leftover Sermons
Schedule your weekly ministry around your sermon prep, not the other way around.
More significant than the Lord’s apparent work week-by-week is the imperceptible work that God is doing by his Spirit over the long-term.
March 26, 2019
Pillage the Past
In his book Managing Ourselves, Ari Weinzweig describes three types of creativity:
Creativity that moves forward — new innovationsCreativity that shifts sideways — introducing something from one territory to another, or putting together two already well-accepted ideasCreativity in reverse — rediscovering old waysSpeaking of the last type of creativity, Weinzweig writes:
This is what we do at Zingerman’s with so much of our food — we don’t “invent,” we just go back and find the old ways. Our...
March 23, 2019
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Pastor, Why Do You Want a Big Church?
In this post I hope to explore the pastor’s desire for a big church.
Three Ways We Impede Gospel Ministry in Deprived Communities
I am delighted more people are talking about church in deprived communities. This is long overdue. But there are still several ways we continue view and treat deprived communities that are not serving the cause of gospel ministry.
Matthew 18 is Not Instructive for Book Reviews, But Much o...
March 19, 2019
The Gospel-Driven Church
When I say I like Jared Wilson’s new book The Gospel-Driven Church, I mean it. It’s a book written for the kind of pastor I used to be.
Some ten years ago I knew, believed, and preached the facts of the gospel. Through reading Jack Miller, though, something changed within me. The gospel ceased to be something I just believed. It’s hard to describe exactly what happened. Something shifted within me. I felt a new sense of freedom, motivation, and joy. I’d stumbled across the reality of what Tim...
March 16, 2019
Saturday Links
Links for your weekend reading:
We Really Are Stronger Together
Sending off a gifted young pastor and forty members to strengthen a church in need is no small matter. It’s too bad that it seems remarkable.
Good Church Planters Are Historians
If we fail to rightly understand such history, our churches risk doing more harm than good.
Although a livestream can be a great tool to serve people unable to attend, it can’t replace the experience of actually going to church...
March 12, 2019
The Lost Art of Pastoring
I occasionally enjoy reading quirky books. For instance, I recently read (and loved) Maynard: Adventures of a Bacon Curer, the homespun memoir of a man who goes only by his first name, can’t read or write much, and who does work that no longer fits in today’s world.
[image error]Maynard became a bacon curer just as that profession died. “Gradually the work became less and people started to shop on price not on quality, which marked the beginning of the decline of a wonderful industry.” A large company bo...
March 9, 2019
Saturday Links
Links for your weekend reading:
A Meditation on Strength and Weakness
Strength is good, but for the Christian, strength is found in weakness, in despairing of ourselves instead of applauding ourselves.
Why We Need a Church Planting Manifesto
The Send Institute has formulated a manifesto to serve as a rallying point for God’s church to effectively honor him in his kingdom advance.
We often hear leaders say that there is a great need for Christians to be discipled; t...
March 5, 2019
Digital Minimalism
As I write this, I’m about to take off on a flight from Toronto to Orlando. That means — gasp — three hours without being connected to the Internet. There’s an out. For a small charge I can connect while cruising 30,000 feet in the air in case I need (or want) to stay connected.
It wasn’t so long ago that we lived without smart phones or even cell phones in our pockets and purses, and that screen time referred to our consumption of TV. Now many of us feel unsettled when we forget our phones a...
March 2, 2019
Saturday Links
Just a reminder: Registration for G4L Coaching opens today. Please check it out if you’re interested.
Links for your weekend reading:
The Missing Relationship in the Church
It is all too easy to remain anonymous and be lost in the crowd. This problem must be confronted with the persevering commitment of personal discipleship.
7 Questions For Meaningful Conversation With Believers
We’ve got to move dialogue with believers beyond a superficial level if we are going to really know and encourage...
February 28, 2019
A Brief Announcement
I don’t usually post here on Thursdays anymore, not usually. I now post here on Tuesdays, as well as my Saturday Links on (of course) Saturday morning.
My Thursday posts now appear at The Gospel Coalition Canada. I hope you’ll check them out there and subscribe to the RSS.
I’m breaking that pattern this week, though, because I have something to announce.
G4L CoachingI’ve written a four-month curriculum to help Christians grow and apply the gospel to all of their lives. My wife has partnered...
