DISCLAIMER:  The intent of this discussion is to help process some of the things DW said during his Q/A session & concert; NOT to criticize or critique DW as an artist. 

"Derek had some interesting things to say.  One of the things that most stirred me was when he was talking about how he didn't consider his work a full-time ministry.  Ministry to him is what he does with his church & the partnerships with organizations that he & his wife have.  The illustration he used to make his point was this: his brother is a doctor.  If he wanted he could be a missionary doctor in a foreign country and then he could be considered in full-time ministry.  His brother looks for opportunities to minister in his job, but he's a doctor, not in full-time ministry.  Derek said the same thing is true of the way he sees his work.  He is a musician, an artist, his desire is to use the gifts God has given Him to sing and he looks for ministry opportunities.
 
I feel like I go back and forth.  I understand what he's saying, but for me personally it's hard to think of doing anything not as a ministry, with ministry defined as "being a light. doing everything to glorify God and therefore to see Him".  After hearing Derek talk and talking with others, I will agree that there are a lot of definitions ( i.e. ministry, Christian artist, etc.) that have been crystalized into narrow definitions because of culture & the culture of Christianity today and it holds people down sometimes.  Thankfully, however, God doesn't fit in a box and if we all just continue to seek Him, we will live by His definitions instead of the world's or our own."

- Morgan Martin, Coe College