At the recent National Pastors Convention that Leadership helped
to sponsor, John Ortberg preached about Peter overcoming his
fears to accept Jesus' invitation to come to him as he walked on
the water. In Ortberg's words, "If you want to walk on water,
you've got to get out of the boat."
Ortberg told a memorable story about a pastor who needed to
confront an individual who was causing conflict in the church.
But the pastor confided to his wife that he was afraid to speak
to the troublemaker because "every time I think about this
person, I get sweaty palms, and every time I have to confront
someone, my mouth goes dry."
His wife's pithy response: "Why don't you lick your palms?"
Marshall Shelley, 2001
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