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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-133/
- Published: 2019-03-09T10:00:09.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-05T21:24:10.000Z
- Description: The best articles I've read this week
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Links for your weekend reading:

[A Meditation on Strength and Weakness](https://go.dashho.us/lUT?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Strength is good, but for the Christian, strength is found in weakness, in despairing of ourselves instead of applauding ourselves.

[Why We Need a Church Planting Manifesto](https://go.dashho.us/lUF?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The Send Institute has formulated a manifesto to serve as a rallying point for God’s church to effectively honor him in his kingdom advance.

[5 Reasons We Don’t Disciple](https://go.dashho.us/lUv?ref=dashhouse.com)

> We often hear leaders say that there is a great need for Christians to be discipled; that is, to be personally cared for and nurtured to maturity and fruitfulness. Yet very few leaders seem to be discipling others today. Let me suggest five reasons for this.

[Why Is It So Hard to Pray?](https://go.dashho.us/lUa?ref=dashhouse.com)

> It’s hard to pray because humbling ourselves, getting over ourselves, and coming to the end of our stubborn and sinful selves is hard.

[Why I Don’t See Tithing as the Pinnacle of Christian Virtue, OR as Something Legalistic](https://go.dashho.us/lUN?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I view tithing as a child’s first steps — *not* the best she’ll ever do, but simply a good beginning, one which her parents celebrate.

[4 Ways Writing Helps Me as a Pastor](https://go.dashho.us/lUs?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The pastoral benefits of writing have been so profound that the discipline has grown on me.  
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> Writing has helped me as a pastor in four major ways.

[Twelve Rules for the Bookish Life](https://go.dashho.us/lUV?ref=dashhouse.com)

1. Read widely. If it be strange, bid it welcome. Your hopes of becoming more capacious and hospitable will depend less on the depth than the breadth of your “to-read” list.
2. Always have a “to-read” list on the go. Even one that’s absurdly, impossibly long. If you believe in heaven: there’ll be time…

My column this week at [The Gospel Coalition Canada](https://go.dashho.us/r9A?ref=dashhouse.com):[ When Pastors Get Discouraged](https://go.dashho.us/lEf?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I’m no longer surprised when pastors like me get discouraged. But when we do, we can remind ourselves: ministry’s a privilege; it’s supposed to be hard; and it matters even when I can’t see it.