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Your whole life has prepared you for this moment!

May 18, 2012 by Gary Barkalow

Sam Williamson shares this great story at the Calling events that I wanted to get out to you. It really is quite profound. ********* Fifteen years ago, a client asked me to speak at a conference. The …

Are you reading the menu or enjoying the meal?

April 19, 2012 by Gary Barkalow

By Sam Williamson. A few years ago, a client of mine visited us for a series of meetings. He asked for a restaurant recommendation, and I suggested The Gandy Dancer, my favorite restaurant. The very …

On the Edge of Scared or Bored?

March 1, 2012 by Gary Barkalow

“Radical dreams make us radically dependent. When we are engaged in what God has called us to do, every part of our spiritual life comes alive. There’s a reason to grow, we have a compelling reason to …

Divinely Assisted

February 22, 2012 by Gary Barkalow

“Ok, the idea that I possess a glory, splendor, strength, brilliance that is extraordinary seems a little farfetched. It’s not my personal experience. I think my effect is pretty small. I can only …

What’s your Why?

January 10, 2012 by Gary Barkalow

“For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world.” Jesus “I’m bored with my life” and “I’m afraid to make a change.” I hear these …

Clarity in Motion

December 9, 2011 by Gary Barkalow

It’s amazing how we can think too little or too much. We can think about a desire or idea to the point of it’s suffocation or we can move on it without letting it fully form – to …

You Are Not Alone

November 11, 2011 by Gary Barkalow

“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.” – Robert Green Ingersoll You’re not the only one who gets discouraged. I do. You’re not the only …

Night Vision

October 20, 2011 by Gary Barkalow

It feels like night vision is required when looking into our own life or the life of another. We can make out the shape of some things that seem to be significant in the discovery of who we are, but …

Cold Front or Season Change?

September 13, 2011 by Gary Barkalow

It seems like clarity and perspective often comes to me in the morning as I’m in the shower. I don’t know if it’s the power of quite, warmth and water or that my mind has not yet become cluttered …

Make As Many Things Inevitable As Possible

June 2, 2011 by Gary Barkalow

Oswald Chambers wrote, “If the Spirit of God has stirred you, make as many things inevitable as possible, let the consequences be what they will.” When God puts a desire in our heart (as …