Which sounds nice, right?
Unless you are a media ninja like me who tends to script, setup, shoot, edit and do their own voice-overs.
(The voice-overs aren’t good either, trust me. Even I can’t listen to them without cringing)
But the more I operate in the role as a ‘church creative’, the more I have learned that it is all about collaboration.
And as I look back over Christmas or even our current dramatized series about the life of King David, it really was/is: set design, worship elements, sermon illustrations, openers and drama.
As a skeptic of collaboration, I learned a few things.
And I thought it would be best to address them by talking about what I used to believe about collaboration in creative environments, specifically in the context of church media and what I believe now.
Collaboration takes way more time.
Although true, the end product is usually much better.
Plus, when it is all said and done, there are more people to high-five. So you may produce a kick butt video, but if you are only high-fiving yourself, that’s lame.
When it comes to ministry and media, if I am not equipping and leading others to become creative – then I am really only showing off.
Even reading those words hurts but it is true.
What good is it anyways if I produce a great video or worship element if no one else helped make it happen.
People may not like my ideas.
Sometimes my ideas suck.
If I am the only one that loves my idea on our creative team, then maybe it is not an idea that is ready to be delivered on.
And if you have the right people on the team, you don’t have to fight for your idea, but instead, can utilize synergy to bring the best ideas to reality.
I am probably going to have to create something I don’t even like.
Yet if my attitude is right, the opportunity to see someone else win is really a privilege.
Besides, we all like serving alongside people that hear our ideas, love them and then make them happen.
But the best people to work around are those that may not love our ideas as much as they love baby Jesus but they still go all out to deliver on them.
So, we should do that for others too. Especially if we are leading a group of creatives, it should be about them.
I am (slowly) learning that lesson.
It’s not about me anymore.
Should it ever have been?
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