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.

Preaching to felt needs

One of the reasons sermons become anthropocentric is that they set out to address felt needs. This approach can lead us into trouble because, according to Will Willimon, we live in a culture

Writing’s not so hard

I’m on day four of writing my thesis, and right on target, having completed 37 draft pages as of last night. By the time I go to work next week, I hope

Models of church leadership

I was struck yesterday as I re-read N.T. Wright’s The Last Word on the importance of something that’s in danger of being lost in today’s models of church

Ward Lock & Co’s London Guide Book

I’ve been enjoying an old book I got for my birthday last week. It’s Ward Lock & Co’s London Illustrated Guide Book, dated from World War II. I’m learning

The immense world of the Bible

Eugene Peterson compares us to warehouse dwellers, who spend our whole lives in a warehouse and don't even know that a world exists outside. When we open the Bible, we enter