Don’t Overlook Anyone

By Joel Comiskey, pastoral coaching available: www.joelcomiskeygroup.com/coaching/index.html  (free first session available for those interested in receiving coaching) In our upcoming 2017 book Groups that Thrive, Jim Egli and I point out that anyone who loves God and...

The Perfect Leader Doesn’t Exist

By Joel Comiskey, pastoral coaching available: www.joelcomiskeygroup.com/coaching/index.html  (free first session available for those interested in receiving coaching) When you look out at your current cell group and wonder, “Which of these people could lead the...

Seeing Leadership Potential in Everyone

By Joel Comiskey There’s a good chance that the next leaders that emerge from your group are very different than you. It’s so easy to want to find one kind of person to lead the group or be part of the team, but the reality is that there is no one best...

Empowerment through the Gifts of the Spirit

By Joel Comiskey In 1995, I was the special guest speaker at a church in Big Bear, California. I had just finished preaching and was standing in the reception area listening to the pastor close the service. I felt a freezing draft of air coming from a window behind...

Conducting the Choir

By Joel Comiskey I was once part of a choir in Long Beach, California at a church called Shekinah Fellowship.  I sang in the tenor section. The choir attendance varied, but for special occasions there might have been 100 people singing.  Our special song was the...