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# Top Posts from 2013
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/20131230top-posts-from-2013/
- Published: 2013-12-30T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:25:14.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Blogging, #DashHouseCom, #wp

A look back at some posts from the past year:

[Planting is for Every Church](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/1/4/planting-is-for-every-church?ref=dashhouse.com)

> It’s the way to reach new people, and it’s the way for the established Church to maintain its vibrancy.

[Sabbatical Reflections Three Years Later](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/1/23/sabbatical-reflections-three-years-later?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Here’s what I can say now, some of which I wouldn’t have realized then.

[All That Remains](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/2/18/all-that-remains?ref=dashhouse.com)

> What will remain in our churches long after we’re gone?

[Wrestling the Text](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/2/26/wrestling-the-text?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I think I know what the text is going to say, but as I study I find out that the text isn’t interested in conforming to my ideas. The wrestling match begins.

[How Many Hours Should Pastors Work?](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/3/21/how-many-hours-should-pastors-work?ref=dashhouse.com)

> There’s no place for laziness in the pastorate, but there’s no place for capitulating to unhealthy cultural patterns either.

[Weakness Evangelism](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/3/25/weakness-evangelism?ref=dashhouse.com)

> What if our weaknesses are actually part of the way God wants to use us in ministry?

[Going to Pastor an Established Church?](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/4/10/going-to-pastor-an-established-church?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I’d go about pastoring an established church differently than before. Here’s what I would do differently.

[Learning Missional Community](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/4/8/learning-missional-community?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I’ve read and listened to a lot of material on missional community, but this is one of the first examples I’ve seen of people living this way in Toronto.

[Playing It Safe?](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/4/29/playing-it-safe?ref=dashhouse.com)

> For the past couple of years, I’ve been thinking a lot about Jesus’ famous parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30).

[The Forgotten Parts are the Most Important Parts](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/7/12/the-forgotten-parts-are-the-most-important-parts?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing apart from Jesus’ promise of his authority and presence. It’s the only way that church planting and evangelism could ever make sense.

[Be Famous for Not Trying to be Famous](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/8/2/be-famous-for-not-trying-to-be-famous?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Be okay with being overlooked. Be okay with getting less than your due, a smaller share than what you had coming.

[Hope for Difficult Churches](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/8/7/hope-for-difficult-churches?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Learning to deal with churches that attack pastors is, I think, one of the key pieces we need to address if we’re going to see revitalization happen more.

[Comfort and Contentment](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/10/18/comfort-and-contentment?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Be on guard against drifting into a life of comfort. At the same time, work hard to develop a life of contentment.

[Seven Reasons to Preach God-Centered Messages](https://dashhouse.com/dashhouse/2013/12/17/7-reasons-to-preach-god-centered-messages?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Here are seven reasons why God-centered preaching is better than human-centered preaching.