I'm an unusual person, I guess. I don't look at a sea of people around me and think, "Wow, I must be part of something great." I actually get nervous when too many people are going in the same direction. That goes for malls... and churches. I'm hard-wired to look for undercurrents. For leaders with an unpopular message. My subconscious mantra is "This many people can't be right."
My role in the great vision cannot be "move to another service to make room for someone else" ... or else I feel like a cow. I don't have the energy to pay my dues for significance if there 8,000 people in line ahead of me. Hey, I'll serve in the children's ministry every week if needed, but how do I get one of those strategic roles the staff enjoy so much? And do we really have to import so many of them to lead our local congregation?
It's no wonder I'm meeting more and more high-caliber leaders who aren't serving in the church. Many of them are the best in the world at what they do, but they've essentially been neutered by the church. No one is telling them "We need what only you can do." No one is coming after them. Church leaders aren't stepping aside to accommodate them.
And that's a shame.
But hey, I'm an unusual person.
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