This past weekend I was at a bar with a mechanical bull. With mechanical bulls there are two general camps of people. Those who have ridden the bull and those who haven't yet secretly want to but are a little scared. Those who have ridden it usually love it and even find it a little addicting. So, we talk others into riding it. That was my mission this past weekend. I talked several people into riding the bull. I just have to get them past that little fear they have and then they give into their desire to get up there.
Looking around the bar some more I could see the same thing happening all over. People were talking others into doing thing. It wasn't always with the mechanical bull. Other times it was talking someone into doing a shot. Sometimes it was talking someone into a game of pool. And, still other times it was one guy talking another guy into hitting on some girl. In any case people all over the bar were talking each other into doing things.
Each time I saw someone talking someone else into something I saw enthusiasm, real effort, and a desire to do 'it' grow in the person being talked into something. And, often times it works. People get up on that bull, people take that shot, and a guy will go hit on that girl his buddies point him at. That's when it hit me. Why doesn't this happen with church stuff?
Being a ministry leader isn't easy. There is so much going on, so much to organize, so much to remember, and so much energy to have and share. Over at the 
