Ever play the game telephone? You know the one where you have a big group of people and someone tells the first person a secret and it is whispered person to person until it gets to the end?  Did it ever end up being the same phrase you started with? What starts out “the sky is blue” ends up “i like the zoo”. Worship teams are great at playing this game in real life.  Some people call...

If you’ve been involved in ministry for any length of time then you’ve probably been hurt by someone.  For some people it might have been something that was easy to get over and move on to the next thing.  For others, the hurts were deeper and left scars which limit your ability to trust. For me, the hurts in ministry were overwhelming.  The results created division in the church, in my family...

Conflict is never fun.  Most of us avoid it at all costs, especially if we are in ministry.  But in a creative ministry it is inevitable.  I had an experience with conflict that really opened my eyes to the brighter side of interpersonal entanglements.  It allowed me to view conflict as a tool to healthy growth instead of something negative. Our worship team was really growing.  Lots of people getting involved,...