Andrew Comiskey
Does the Church Kill ‘Gay’ People?
Part 1: Mistaken Identity Simon Kent Fung does. Believe the Church kills ‘gay’ people, that is, like Alana Chen on whom he based his...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Mercy From Rome
Previously published on March 21, 2010 While doing a conference in Denver many years ago, a vigorous young man introduced himself to me...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Read the Wound
‘By His wounds we are healed.”– Is. 53:5b I left my father in knots, an occasional but not unfamiliar experience in that season. I began...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jun 26
- 2 min
Not Alone
‘Now in Christ Jesus you who were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ’ (Eph. 2:13). To find the narrow way...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jun 13
- 3 min
Language of Love: A Letter to My Kids
After I spoke to one of my children about why I take pains (and risk causing pain) to not use LGBTQ+ language in defining people, I wrote...
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An anonymous Living Waters leader
- Jun 11
- 2 min
Witnessing the Body of Christ in My Own Body
One year ago, as I left home for Mass to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for the Body of Christ), I had no idea that my life...
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Andrew Comiskey
- May 28
- 2 min
Look Listen Live
‘When we find ourselves in the presence of such beautiful souls, we cannot but discover in them an obvious sign of the experience of...
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Marco Casanova
- May 22
- 2 min
Ecstasy of a Wounded Man
“Erotic love shows most vividly one of the deepest paradoxes of human life: that we are complete and fulfilled not so much in being...
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Abigail Foard
- May 8
- 2 min
Songs of Ascent
Not long after Easter, I awoke with music in my soul–the beautiful chant melodies and simple lyrics that narrated the weekend's services....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Merciful Solution for the Trans-Wounded
Like you, I cannot fathom Biden’s declaration last month that the transgendered ‘shape America’s soul.’ Young people violating themselves...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 10
- 2 min
Happy Wound
‘In this desolation we find Jesus, triumphant over death and shockingly alive, present to us in ways we can’t understand, much less...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Restores
Dear Pope Francis, We enter Holy Week fixed on Jesus. His wounds are magnetic to us, the wounded. I am grateful for your exhortation to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 27
- 3 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Disciplines
Dear Pope Francis, I just returned from a Living Waters group where Jesus is healing broken lives aspiring to chastity. My co-teacher...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Guides
Dear Pope Francis, Thank you for fathering us generously. You eschew formalities, which invites us to pour out contradictions—desires in...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 6
- 3 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Confirms
Dear Pope Francis, You exemplify a father who draws near to sons and daughters to dignify them. You encourage us to aspire to more, to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Beachhead: Review of Jesus Revolution
Something sweet and true runs through this film about hippies ‘getting saved’ in Woodstock-era Southern California. (I caught the...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis: A Father Listens
Pope Francis, Forgive my mild resistance to the ‘synod on synodality.’ The name itself tempts me to revert to evangelicalism; I resist. I...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Open Letter to Pope Francis
Dear Pope Francis, I write this as one father to another. We share a deep love for Jesus and Church. I honor your weighty fatherhood as...
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Abigail Foard
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Wounds that Heal
During a recent prayer meeting, Andrew prayed for a hurting friend: ‘May what seems traumatizing now become a path for deeper healing.’...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Jan 23
- 3 min
The Prophet Pastors: How Truth Transfigures the Tender Care of Persons
‘The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds…it needs nearness, proximity. I see the Church as a field hospital...
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