Over-performing

This morning at church some of the musicians lead a few songs for the older congregation, coinciding with a guest speaker.

The music director that we use in the evening did a great job.

Almost too great.

He waded into the murky depths of over-performing (over-performing: When you do a job, that you secretly hope that your not regularly asked to repeat, in an excellent manner).

I joked afterward that he should have had a few miss-steps just so he wouldn't wow the people and be roped into more break-of-dawn gigs.

In the sinister, inner parts of my being, i sometimes desire avoiding over-performance. I am less critical of how i, for example lead a morning service, because i don't want to constantly hit-the-ball-out-of-the-park (not that this is a major concern!).

If i did, i could be called on more often.

The minister could take long service lead in complete confidence that i could, somewhat, pick up the slack. Or you could be roped into doing the Christmas and Easter school services every year.

And that would be a terrible, terrible thing.