I have a strange question. I have an incredible abhorrence of self-promotion or being in any way presumptuous.
I won’t go to anyone’s home uninvited.
I can’t make myself home at anyone’s home other than mine or my parents.
I tend to avoid any in-depth discussions on other people’s blogs unless I’ve known them for awhile (and I would never make my first comment on someone’s blog one of disagreement.)
I have a great hesitance to intrude or impose my way of doing things on anyone else.

So here is my question. When I was a youth minister in Albuquerque I was responsible for putting on a youth rally each summer. While making the schedule I would not even consider making myself a keynote speaker or even teach a class. My approach was that it was not a venue for me to be on display.
Is that too extreme? When I consider going to seminars and conferences I sometimes bristle when the same people give themselves the marquee time each year. And I will consider going somewhere else.

I seriously want to know if that is just me. Is my reluctance to be presumptuous dictating the way I think others should be? I need some feedback. I have people tell me regularly that we should hold a “gospel meeting” so more people can hear me speak. That idea is just unfathomable to me (on several levels). I need to know if I should just lighten up.

Thanks.