Darryl Dash's Blog, page 91
June 16, 2018
Saturday Links
Links for your weekend reading:
On Feeling Like a Failure and the Power of Affirming Words
As expressions of God’s relentless pursuit in each other’s lives, we want to convey, “I see you, and I see God working in, around, through, and for you.”
3 Reasons to Stay in a Church That’s Not Cool Enough
I’d like to argue for three reasons to do the very countercultural thing of actually staying in the church that’s simply not cool enough.
Fauxnerability in the Church: What Is It? What Do We Do A...
June 14, 2018
A Vision for Getting Older
Something strange happens as you get older. You get a little smarter, primarily because you learn from all the mistakes you’ve made over the years. Essentially, though, you’re the same. But people start to look at you differently. They think you know more than you do, simply because you’ve lasted. We gain credibility simply by remaining faithful over a prolonged period of time.
It’s a good goal: not to do great things, but to remain faithful. We’re not good judges of what’s a great thing, and...
June 12, 2018
A Better Kind of Love
I thought of D.A. Carson at a U2 concert last week.
U2’s concert began and ended with love. “Love and love is all we have left, The only thing that can be kept” Bono sang before we could even see him. The second last song returned to the same theme: “Love is bigger than anything in its way.”
It’s a powerful theme, especially in contrast to hatred. A video montage in the middle of the concert displayed scenes of racism and hatred. The tension broke as the scenes showed scenes from the Martin L...
