Effective Learning

The Joel Comiskey Group team assembles next week for two days of deliberations.  We would appreciate your prayers.  Further, we are thrilled that Mario Vega, Pastor of Elim Church in San Salvador, El Salvador has joined the team and will be present.  I’ve had...

What do you do?

What do you do…when a cell in your church doesn’t….work? You have experienced this, right?  Sometimes a cell just doesn’t work. This reality can be hurtful to the leaders.  It can also be a momentum buster for a church who desires health and...

People Groups as “Targets”

Joel’s post yesterday was super.  It was courageous and thought provoking.  The comments to his post were well written, great, and appreciated. I’d like to share a few thoughts concerning yesterday’s dialogue.  I will end with a simple question that...

An Unusual Thought

There’s an unusual thought contained in Rusaw and Swanson’s The Externally Focused Church that I liked.  This thought might give you a glimpse into my jaded humor.  Nonetheless, let me establish the context of said thought. The authors are writing about...

A Lesson from the Hubble on Focus

                      In light of Joel’s post yesterday on FOCUS, let me borrow a story from a book entitled The Externally Focused Church by Rusaw and Swanson.  This book, by the way, is a great (no- excellent) read! The Hubble space telescope was launched from...