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# Saturday Links
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/saturday-links-459/
- Published: 2025-08-16T09:00:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-16T09:00:03.000Z
- Description: Time theft by scrolling, presence over posting, how pastors endure, and more
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Links

Curated links for your weekend reading:

[How Social Media Shortens Your Life](https://www.gurwinder.blog/p/how-social-media-shortens-your-life?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Social media platforms have been stealing our time using a sneaky trick: they’ve been speeding up our sense of time — effectively shortening our lives — so we think we had less than we did, and don’t notice some of it was pilfered.

[Questions Every Pastor on Social Media Should Ask Themselves](https://www.logos.com/grow/min-pastor-social-media/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Your people don’t really need your social media presence, but they do need your actual presence.

[What Does It Take for Pastors to Stay in Ministry?](https://research.lifeway.com/2025/08/13/what-does-it-take-for-pastors-to-stay-in-ministry/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> Pastors, missionaries, and other ministers of the gospel are more resilient than culture gives us credit for.

[6 Ways to Lead Better Bible Study Discussions](https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/lead-bible-study-discussions/?ref=dashhouse.com)

> I’ve observed a handful of habits that help facilitate meaningful and enjoyable Bible-saturated conversations. Below are six.

[Busting the Church Planting Myth](https://benhein.substack.com/p/busting-the-church-planting-myth)

> Are new churches really the "best evangelistic strategy"? If not, should we still start them?