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.

Five Changes

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Interesting answer to a good question by David Fitch (found via): If you had to list 5 of the most important elements that you

From Richview’s Archives

We’re celebrating Richview’s Fiftieth Anniversary tomorrow. I’ve had some fun digging around the archives. If you’re interested in what this church used to be like, I’ve just posted:

Garrison Keillor on preaching

I’ve heard a lot of sermons in the past 10 years or so that make me want to get up and walk out. They’re secular, psychological, self-help sermons. Friendly, but of

A Theologian’s Job

J.I. Packer in A Quest for Godliness: Theologians are called to be the church’s water engineers and sewage officers; it is their job to see that God’s pure truth flows

A Narrative Statement of Faith

Good discussion yesterday about statements of faith. Maybe there is room for new kinds of statements: ones that include an emphasis on right action and not just right belief, ones that move beyond