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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-277/
- Published: 2022-01-29T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-13T09:51:38.000Z
- Description: The best articles I've read this week
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[Fewer Pastors and Churches Take Steps to Help Pastors Stay in Ministry](https://go.dashhouse.com/7A7M?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Certain measures can help pastors maintain a long, fruitful ministry. Unfortunately, fewer pastors and congregations are making those steps a priority.

[How to Survive the First 5 Years of Church Planting](https://go.dashhouse.com/76XI?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I want to offer 10 keys for surviving, by God’s grace, the first five years of church planting.

[3 Uncommon Habits Pastors Need to Build Friendships](https://go.dashhouse.com/7A6v?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Developing healthy habits of friendship creates significant movement toward the consistent care our congregations and our souls need most.

[The Kind of Encouragement We Need Now More Than Ever](https://go.dashhouse.com/7AuO?ref=dashhouse.com)

> We need to be encouraged in and through the gospel.

[You Won’t Find Your Greatest Mentors on Social Media](https://go.dashhouse.com/7A7G?ref=dashhouse.com)

> In the end, our real-life interactions will always play a greater role in our development than the people we follow on social media.

[A Homiletic of Help: How Love Writes a Sermon](https://go.dashhouse.com/76X8?ref=dashhouse.com)

> The key question for sermon preparation is: Do I love them?

[Pastors, You Don’t Have to Be an Expert on Everything](https://go.dashhouse.com/7A74?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Intellectual rigor begins with intellectual humility. It’s understanding where we are experts, and where we are not.

My [column](https://go.dashhouse.com/straightpaths?ref=dashhouse.com) this week at The Gospel Coalition Canada: [Greater Than the Greatest](https://go.dashhouse.com/7BTO?ref=dashhouse.com)

> It’s easy to focus on the negatives. We shouldn’t ignore them, but we have every reason to hope.