I was totally inspired reading the Metro this morning, which is an unusual event if ever there was one.

Norman Kember was quoted as saying that he felt it was sometimes necessary to take irresponsible risks to see the kingdom come. He and his team have been criticised from many sides for doing exactly that, but you can't deny that he wasn't being a "boat potato", as John Ortberg would say. I've been reading his well -known book "If you want to walk on water, you've got to get out of the boat" and it's a great reminder to us all that in order to achieve in our varying callings we often have to do things of which we are afraid, or don't feel qualified to do. We will never grow unless we get out of our comfort zones and stretch ourselves, and growth is the only way to fulfil our potential. I'm trying to stop myself giving in to any feelings of fear and underconfidence in any ways I can, and to step out of the boat just a little every day, and I urge you to do the same.