Darryl Dash

Darryl Dash

I'm a grateful husband, father, oupa, and pastor of Grace Fellowship Church East Toronto. I love learning, writing, and encouraging. I'm on a lifelong quest to become a humble, gracious old man.

Saturday Links

First, two videos I loved this week: Calvinist Witnessing (via) and Ignatius the Ultimate Youth Pastor (via) 41 Questions To Ask a Potential Church A nice theological toolbar from Michael Patton A Gospel-

Loving God More

In 1928, Temple Gairdner wrote a poem called Prayer for a Fiancée or Wife. I heard it in a sermon by one of our elders last week. It’s a profound prayer, and

Messy Churches

One of the realities about churches is that they are messy. Even – especially – the good ones. I’ve always liked what Eugene Peterson said about pastoring: Pastoral work consists of modest, daily, assigned

Lectures to My Students

I’ve been meaning to read Spurgeon’s Lectures to My Students for years, and I’m finally reading it now. I’ve read lots of books on pastoring, but I have never

The Gospel’s Answer to Evil

Yesterday I quoted Trevin Wax: “To people wrestling with the problem of evil: God didn’t come to explain evil; he came to utterly destroy it.” This is a profound reminder that the