Beliefnet is delighted to bring you the clever observations of Ryan Gaffney, a campus minister at the University of Kansas.  Like Jonah in the Bible, he’s not particularly frightened by big fish, but like you and me has to deal with that fear that grips us when God puts a burden on our hearts … and we respond: “You want me to do what??!!??

Gaffney grew up near the beach — in Melbourne, Florida, then Irvine, California. So, he knows what it’s like to find yourself dumped on the sand with the Almighty waiting patiently.