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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-411/
- Published: 2024-09-14T09:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-14T09:00:27.000Z
- Description: Beware the anesthetized life, pastors and productivity, blessing those who leave your church, and more
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[Beware the Anesthetized Life](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJVl?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Is it possible that in all our therapeutic attempts to anesthetize ourselves from feeling pain, we’ve also numbed ourselves to the experience of joy?

[Will You Love Jesus in Five Years?](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJVj?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Our hearts and desires are not givens but pliable and plastic. We are ever shifting and re-forming in tiny increments that snowball over time.

[In Defense of a Rule of Life](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJVv?ref=dashhouse.com)

> In a recent article, Phoenix pastor Erik Coonce critiqued the idea of a rule of life, with particular attention paid to John Mark Comer’s articulation of the idea. Unfortunately, his article is an excellent example of why the Gospel-centered movement actually needs concepts like a rule of life as articulated by someone like Comer.

[Pastoring, Productivity, and Priorities](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJVs?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Learning to prioritize your most important tasks, and then tailoring your best energy to complete those tasks for God’s glory, is the essence of pastoral productivity.

[How to Create a Church Sabbatical Policy](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJVr?ref=dashhouse.com)

> To ensure your church staff has the opportunity to benefit from sabbaticals, consider these ideas.

[Use Psalm 2 to Calm Your Political Anxiety](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJVw?ref=dashhouse.com)

> When political anxieties rise in you, filter the drama through God’s eternal purposes expressed in Psalm 2.

My column this week at [The Gospel Coalition Canada](https://go.dashhouse.com/straightpaths?ref=dashhouse.com): [How to Bless Those Who Leave Your Church](https://go.dashhouse.com/PJ7H?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Whether you like it or not, people will leave your church. Here's how to bless them as they go.