I was in Las Vegas recently and attended the Cirque du Soleil salute to the Beatles called "LOVE" as well as KA as a special guest. They are both definite "must see's".
I have now been doing large scale productions for almost 20 years (that makes me feel old). There isn't much I haven't seen and in some cases done, but there were moments where in both evenings where I found myself asking "how'd they do that"?
This weekend was another one of those moments.
During the past year and 3 months it's been nice to be a church member/attendee. For several years I was in the thick of it "doing church". What always made it tough was, in the process of working it was often hard to let go and be a worshipper or get fed.
Let me be clear here, I am in no way placing blame anywhere.....I am just saying it was tough.
The past several weeks I found myself being able to attend my home church Gateway in Southlake (which I am greatly thankful for the investment they have made in me), but then was on site with different clients on Sunday morning. As I was in the middle of a service on one of the weekends I looked around at the staff and was asking "how do they do this"? Several of the people I have been in contact with are in the throws of doing services and never have the chance to sit in a service to be a worshipper or have a chance to disconnect enough to get fed. Again, it's just hard. It's no wonder that burnout in the church world is so high.
Here's another sobering thought, network television produces between 18-26 episodes a year. The local church has 52 if they only do weekends. What about the ones who do Wednesdays or require additional time from the staff during the week for outside classes or whatnot....wow!
If you are a church staff member let me first send out some props...keep going! At the same time do what you can to make sure you stay healthy and aren't trying to pass out something you don't have yourself.
If you know someone on a church staff that is burning it at both ends make sure to keep them covered in prayer.....having been there I can tell you that they need it.
Looking back I am not really sure how I did it....or if I was always successful at it...but recent events have made me take a good hard look at friends and clients and wonder...."how do they do it"?
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