Thanks so much for the encouraging response. It was super honoring.

My main wrestling point has been what you refered to in the end. I have to make sure I get stuff to the creative teams in enough time for them to plan.

We have recently started a creative team meeting each month which has helped a lot with this.

You have a gift for teaching and communication — this is obvious to nearly all who see and hear you. You listen for what God wants you to say and are passionate in your conveyance of it. You are keen to interpret scripture plainly and deliver God’s word in a way that is refreshing and has impact. As a result, God is using you to change lives. The effort, frustration, et cetera, of the process doesn’t show.

God made us all different from each other for good reasons, and comparing our ways of doing things to the ways of others has limited value. I’ve learned much from others who are not just like me; but, in the end, I’m not going to change the fundamental way God made me to be.

Inflexible deadlines can be the best thing for creative individuals, to whom time-management means something different than it does to others.

I, too, thrive under pressure, and some would label me a procrastinator. Yes, of course, I need to plan ahead and break apart a project into manageable tasks. However, I wouldn’t produce what I do without the creative juices getting squeezed out at the end, even if it requires a few all-nighters.

Key, I think, is to make accommodations for the process and to make sure others aren’t adversely impacted by it. It would be easy for me to be inconsiderate of others if I am not being attentive. On a practical level, those planning other elements of a service need to be aware of the general topic and main point(s) of a teaching at certain stages in advance in order for them to do their job well.

In any case, I hope and pray God keeps you and your fellow pastors doing what he made all of you to do, in your own styles, for some time to come.