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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2015529saturday-links/
- Published: 2015-05-30T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:25:01.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Links, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Links for your weekend reading:

[What Missionaries Aren’t Telling You (and What They Need From You)](http://gilandamy.blogspot.ca/2015/05/what-missionaries-arent-telling-you%5F27.html?ref=dashhouse.com)

> In our eyes, everyone we worked with was experienced and godly and strong and competent. We certainly couldn’t tell them we were falling apart.

> You can bet your life we didn’t tell our supporters.

> Don’t forget to read [part two](http://gilandamy.blogspot.ca/2015/05/what-missionaries-arent-telling-you-and.html?ref=dashhouse.com) and [part three](http://gilandamy.blogspot.ca/2015/05/what-missionaries-arent-telling-you-and%5F28.html?ref=dashhouse.com) as well.

[The Complexity of Pastoral Care](http://feedingonchrist.com/the-complexity-of-pastoral-care/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Pastors need to become discriminating pastors. We must abandon any idea of “mechanistic pastoral ministry.” Pastoral ministry takes a keen knowledge of the personalities, life-situations and struggles of congregants.

[Charles Spurgeon’s 9 Tips for Christian Readers](http://www.kevinhalloran.net/charles-spurgeons-9-tips-for-christian-readers/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The quotes from Spurgeon below come from his writings or sermons and share wisdom for Christian readers on reading and choosing books.

[“Band Creep”: the New Reality in Contemporary Worship](http://heritageseminarycambridge.blogspot.ca/2015/05/by-dr.html?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The worship band has gradually taken over the platform and turned it into a bandstand rather than a place where we lead communal worship in all its forms — Scripture reading, communal prayer, proclamation of the Word, even announcements.

[Why Does It Matter That the Holy Spirit Is a Person?](http://derekzrishmawy.com/2015/05/28/why-does-it-matter-that-the-holy-spirit-is-a-person/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Some of us think of the Spirit primarily as an “it”; a thing, a force, and not a person. But according to the Scriptures the Holy Spirit is a person, coeternal, and coexistent with the Father and the Son.

[Religion and Faith in Canada Today](http://angusreid.org/faith-in-canada/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Strong belief, ambivalence and rejection define our views.

[My Dad’s Five Vows](http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/rayortlund/2015/05/27/my-dads-five-vows/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> On 19 June 2003 my dad wrote down these five vows that he made before the Lord.

[5 Things Every Christian Leader Should Pray for Themselves Everyday](http://www.kevinhalloran.net/5-things-every-christian-leader-should-pray-everyday/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> While Christians can lift up thousands of different prayers for their leadership, I have found it helpful to daily focus my prayers on the following things.