Group work (1 Corinthians 12:1-11)
Sometimes ministry functions like a group project at school.
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I’m not sure when, but at some point during my educational journey I determined that group projects were not for me. I don’t recall any one particular horror story, just a general pattern. No matter how the group is created, no matter how the members are divided, no matter the instructions are given or the workload determined, a few people tend to do the bulk of the work—and then a single grade is awarded to the entire group. As a young person I couldn’t figure out how such a system could be just. The truth was that, as a person with an at times unhealthy need to pull my weight and others weight too, group projects often left me drained, frustrated, and resentful.
