Andrew Comiskey
Silent Word, Shining
‘Shine like lights in the universe, as you hold out the Word of life’ (Phil. 2: 15, 16). A season of silence ends: now back to airports,...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 22, 2019
- 3 min
Trust
‘Advent means a heart that is awake and ready, which does not let itself become bitter and deadened by hard blows but stays awake and...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
Fearing the One I Love
Our trouble lies not in heavy-handed religion but in banal lullabies that assure us that God is love, all love, and only wants our...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 9, 2018
- 2 min
Advent: Woes and Warring for Souls
‘Perhaps what we modern people need most is to be genuinely shaken…God permits this whirlwind to go over the earth…This is the first...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 4, 2016
- 3 min
Burn. Again.
“Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. I [John the Baptist] am baptizing you with water,...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 27, 2016
- 2 min
Ignite. Again.
‘Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. Therefore, stay awake!’(Matt. 24:41, 42) Advent asks us...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 21, 2015
- 3 min
Expecting More, Together
A young man who repented as a teen from ‘gay’ identification, Nate is growing into his masculinity as Jesus grows within him. I have the...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Nov 30, 2015
- 2 min
Shaken, Waking Up
Advent starts with a bang this year if Jesus’ words in Sunday’s Gospel reading are true. Luke 21: 25-36 describes the terrifying...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 8, 2014
- 2 min
Advent 2: Comfort and Conviction
‘Comfort, comfort my people…in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord!’ (IS 40) The fires of Advent convict us even as they warm us. His...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 23, 2013
- 3 min
Advent 4: Salient Joseph
“When Mary was betrothed to Joseph but before they lived together she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 16, 2013
- 3 min
Advent 3: Offensive Jesus
‘When the John the Baptist heard in prison that of the works of Christ, he sent his disciples to Jesus who asked Him: ‘Are You the one?’...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 10, 2013
- 3 min
Advent 2: Beauty, Burning
Advent 2: Beauty, Burning ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! Produce fruit in keeping with repentance…I...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 6, 2013
- 2 min
Desert Stream 2013 Year-End Newsletter
In ‘The Gift’ I write: ‘Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 3, 2013
- 2 min
Advent 1: Waking The Ache
‘The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.’ (Rom. 13:11)...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Dec 17, 2012
- 2 min
Courage and Community
‘At Mary’s greeting, Elizabeth’s baby leapt in her womb and she was filled with the Holy Spirit.’ (Lk 1:41) At the same time that angel...
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