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Archives for September 2010

Marriage and Spirituality

September 23, 2010 By Daniel Im

Ever since Christina and I got married, we have always made it a point to keep our marriage centered on God. As a result, we would oftentimes use a devotional or we would sometimes just dig into scripture together. What I’ve discovered is that the format isn’t as important as the fact that you are drawing closer to God together.

It’s fascinating to see what happens when we alter our focus just a bit.

Scenario 1: Spouses focus on each other and strengthening their relationship.

Result 1: Marriage relationship is strengthened.

Scenario 2: Spouses focus on strengthening their relationship to God together.

Result 2: Stronger relationship with God and stronger marriage relationship.

When’s the last time you prayed with your spouse? When’s the last time you talked about spiritual matters together?

Husbands: Take the initiative.

Wives: Don’t wait for your husbands to take the initiative, you take it.

I just purchased Closer: Devotions to draw couples together by Jim and Cathy Burns (http://amzn.to/agoltE) as a practical action step to draw closer to my wife by drawing closer to God together.

What steps are you taking?

The Future of Seminary

September 14, 2010 By Daniel Im

I’ve been wrestling with the effectiveness of traditional seminary programs for engaging postmodern culture with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Before I share my thoughts on the subject, I thought I’d just throw this quote out to see what you think.

It comes from Steve Ogne’s and Tim Roehl’s Transformissional Coaching

“Neither seminary nor seminar will prepare us to do ministry in the postmodern future. We believe that ministry equipping for transformissional church leaders will be just in time, on the job, on the Internet, in the church, and in the trenches.”

What do you think?


Follow up (Jan 19, 2011) – After writing this post, I thought I’d follow up with where I’m at now – Check out my post “Why I ditched the M.Div…and am still a pastor.”

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Daniel Im is a Korean Canadian and he serves as the Director of Church Multiplication for NewChurches.com and LifeWay Christian Resources. He is a Teaching Pastor at The Fellowship, a multisite church in Nashville. He is also the co-author of Planting Missional Churches: Your Guide to Starting Churches that Multiply (2nd ed) with Ed Stetzer. He has a M.A. in Global Leadership and has served and pastored in church plants and multisite churches ranging from 100 people to 50,000 people in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Korea, Edmonton, and Nashville. Read More…

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