{"id":10,"date":"2011-04-19T10:10:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T14:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fearofwhales\/?p=10"},"modified":"2011-04-19T16:56:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T20:56:45","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fearofwhales\/2011\/04\/welcome.html","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beliefnet is delighted to bring you the clever observations of Ryan Gaffney, a campus minister at the University of Kansas. \u00a0Like Jonah in the Bible, he&#8217;s not particularly frightened by big fish, but\u00a0like you and me\u00a0has to deal with that fear that grips us when God puts a burden on our hearts &#8230; and we respond: &#8220;You want me to do <em><strong>what<\/strong><\/em>??!!??<\/p>\n<p>Gaffney grew up near the beach &#8212; in Melbourne, Florida, then Irvine, California. 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