tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9872146336183415972011-07-07T19:45:05.481-07:00Life with God is worth talking about. I'm hoping that the flow of words can become insight from God to me and to you.Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-5729114141893379962010-01-07T09:00:00.000-08:002010-01-07T09:11:41.812-08:00

Life takes turns, we say. And it does. Things unfold and sometimes unravel in ways unexpected. The good thing is that unexpected circumstances make for new opportunities to turn to God. Since that is the core activity of a follower of Jesus, opportunities to turn to him, give him our attention, focus on what he wants are good things. With eyes on the turns life takes, we tend to fear. "O no, what

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-5927185258573788292009-07-30T15:38:00.000-07:002009-07-30T16:19:27.122-07:00

It seems that certainty doesn't come alone. It's companion is always uncertainty. The things we know have a dark side in what we don't know. I am certain that God is leading me. It has made me feel the need to resign my pastorate and to dream of another way to be the church. It makes me feel strong and full of joy at what I can "see" with some certainty can be. But there is always the uncertainty

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-65086736059932605522008-12-31T16:46:00.000-08:002008-12-31T17:01:25.165-08:00

The prevailing attitude going around these days has stolen something from us. It seems we have been inundated with the idea of what we can get or what we want until it seems natural and normal. This attitude makes life something less and something weaker than it was meant to be.What we must do (and were meant to do) is to produce something with our lives. We have strengths and abilities and loves

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-64914851811644195542008-12-10T14:25:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:45:42.468-08:00

I wonder how many people would be interested in following Jesus if they realized it was a life to be lived with him. We say that's what Christianity is in christian circles. We talk about it being all about a relationship with God in Christ and relationships with each other. But then we program our churches so that it seems like if we attend a weekly meeting, sign on to certain statements of

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-23008922166481325762008-09-15T17:10:00.000-07:002008-12-31T16:43:51.125-08:00

It is difficult to grasp what is real. Oh, this world is real enough. It captures our attention & we will never learn all there is to know about it. It takes our breath away & also frustrates the life out of us. What's puzzling is how that God who made it all, sustains it and grants life to it (and us) must surely be more real than that which he creates. He can go unseen by us, even though He

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-5036514490993418812008-07-24T08:33:00.001-07:002008-12-31T16:43:30.234-08:00

I have recently started closing my emails with "Grace & Peace". They are a couple of the most important words of our faith. It is what we live by. It is what I wish for all of you.Life with God is so much more than what we deserve or don't, so much more than what we get or can pull off. Life with God is what we have available to open ourselves to simply because of who God is and what He can do

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-47535536673342601762008-06-18T07:04:00.000-07:002008-12-31T16:43:09.277-08:00

We tend to be fickle when it comes to enjoying life. Which is it, "Rain, rain, go away," or "I love a rainy night"? We have been deluged with rain now for some time. Water is standing in the yard and it's raining again and is forecasted for the next couple of days. It is so easy to complain about the mulch that washed across two of my neighbors' lawns. But of course if it wasn't raining I'd be

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-19222572252169947812008-05-28T19:12:00.000-07:002008-12-31T16:44:53.655-08:00

Some days, or minutes, are full of God and so they are full of goodness and joy and hope and the incredible excitement of seeing lives change for the better. And some days, and minutes, are full of something else. It is such an incredible thought to me right now that God offers us the former and wants it for us more than we want it for ourselves. I feel like I'm in on the full of God deal right

Kim Lanmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155536672524436387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-987214633618341597.post-77774741137066113562008-05-22T12:15:00.000-07:002008-05-22T12:25:55.011-07:00

People we care about pull us into things beyond us. With Rachel training and raising money and starting a new ministry in Colombia and Abby off to intern with Denny in Tampa for the summer and her passion for India, just home from a choir tour in Mexico how is a dad supposed to even know what to think about? And then there's Dena finishing her school year of teaching and planning for another year

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