Pastor Steven Furtick

Don’t expect anything too deep from this Friday installment.  Just musing a bit.

I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s really important for any effective ministry team to have a plethora of inside jokes.  I’m serious.  Nothing bonds a team like stuff that you, and only you, get.

For example:

I have a keyword that can trigger my entire lead staff to put their heads down on the table, and not pick ‘em up ‘til I say the other keyword.  It’s magical.  No, I won’t explain it.  You’d probably think it was mean.

If I say “coats” a certain way, Chunks will giggle.  Every time.  You had to be there.  “Mu-hammed!”  That does the trick too.

And don’t even get me started on impersonations.  Nothing makes us laugh harder than a good ole: “It’s just things like that…”
I know you don’t get it.  You’re not supposed to.  That’s the point.

I could go on and on.  John Bishop is Scottish.  Several of us are in a band called Nemesis.  This was before we became Speed of Dan.
And that’s just a fraction of the inside jokes- the ones that I even know about.
As for the Creative Department, oh my.  Their inside jokes probably aren’t so G-rated.
(But they do have thinking robes now.)

The team that shares inside jokes together stays together.
Or at very least, has a whole lot more fun for the time being.