"Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." Psalm 127:1 (NIV) On my podcast, I talk about how to improve your church's tech ministry. There's another piece that I haven't talked about before. You see, there are many people that do the same things, but get totally different results. Some call it luck. I call it followership. If God doesn't want you to have a prevailing tech ministry, you may build and build, learn and learn, but you'll not accomplish what you could have doing what God has for you to do. I trust that God wants what's best for both me and the universe. Such is my trust of God that I look at everything through that lens. I also realize my own limitions. As I direct the video on Sunday mornings, I'm keenly aware that I'm not the greatest director in the world. I'm an editor who directs. With that said, there are occasions, moments really, when everything works out just right. There are times when, despite my best efforts, the shots hold layers of meaning that I don't intend. It is during those times that I know I'm not the one whose really doing the directing. I'm the technical director, but there is another Director calling the shots. Conversely, I've had times when I've done everything humanly possible to have the best shots. I've listened to audio of the music. I've studied the shot suggestions from the music director. I've attended all practices with a full compliment of camera people and it's gone HORRIBLY. I forgot to ask God to fill-in for my short-comings and it's shown. My efforts aren't what make a great production, but what God does. Paul