Stories
At my age, and with a family, I am squarely in the stage of a King. If I don’t lead well, fighting on behalf of those in my realm, then they will suffer. I only have to read news articles to see how badly the world is doing under kings unwilling to fight on behalf of those in their kingdoms. They primarily wield power for their own pursuits. When unexpected events occur, other people who inhabit the kingdom shoulder the brunt of the consequences.
This morning, part of our team is headed north of Seattle to join other men at a Calling Intensive led by Gary Barkalow of The Noble Heart Ministries. As I (John) packed up I saw one of our alumni, Jeremiah post a message out to his social networks that he was "Pumped for this journey!" I remember seeing Jeremiah a year ago on his way to his first Bootcamp.
About a year or more ago our own John Bergquist was taking what seemed like a typical call from a potential client. The man got John's number from the same kind of friend-of-a-friend network that makes up a good chunk of the pipeline business runs on in the social-media era and John was telling this man about the company, history, services...that sort of thing.At one point John mentions his work with another team member, Chris Skaggs, and the man on the other end of the line stops John short to clarify, "Chris Skaggs? Like Boot Camp Northwest Chris Skaggs?"John replies, "Yeah...why?"
Have you ever seen the bumper sticker that says, "Next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water"? The author is obviously nodding toward Jesus and His famous stroll across the Sea of Galilee, but we often forget that Jesus wasn't the only person to do this particularly impressive miracle. Peter, who many might call the most imperfect of the disciples, also took a stroll on the surf.
