Andrew Comiskey
Grounded 3
A Lent unlike any other: rather than beef up devotion, I find myself reducing spiritual intake. Much of the time I find myself gaping at...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 14, 2019
- 3 min
Bearing
Though I love the benefits of Jesus’ cross, I am tempted to hate sharing in that cross with Him. It hurts to bear up under the burden He...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 3, 2019
- 2 min
Killing The Truth
The other night, I dreamt of complicity—a good friend and colleague had been pronounced innocent of murder yet I knew otherwise. She...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 14, 2018
- 2 min
Why Gender Matters 5: Otherness Nurtures Family
Besides the obvious reasons why a man and a woman need each other to bring forth life, he and she together help the lives that they...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Apr 13, 2017
- 2 min
Blessed Betrayers
‘In the Church, Jesus entrusts Himself to those who betray Him over and over.’ Pope Emeritus Benedict As we proceed with Jesus to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 15, 2016
- 3 min
Chastity and Mercy 1: Beauty Trumps Brokenness
A tough woman careful to avoid the gaze of others hears a man asking for her help. She turns toward Him. Jesus needs water, yes, but more...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 10, 2016
- 2 min
Ashes for Beauty: Five Reasons to Pray for Chastity this Lent
‘We don’t merely want to see beauty…we want to become beautiful.’ CS Lewis Join us during Lent; each week we will consider a different...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 20, 2015
- 2 min
Son-Stroke
‘The Spirit sent Jesus into the desert, and He was there forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 13, 2015
- 3 min
How Love Absorbs Shame
‘Shame can only be absorbed by true love-a love which affirms the value of the person and seeks the greatest good for him or her with all...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 31, 2014
- 4 min
Downward Ascent 6: Blessed Impurities
‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’ (Matt. 5:8) Lent is an extended season of exposure. For 40 days, God tends to...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 24, 2014
- 3 min
Downward Ascent 5: Heart of God
‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.’ (Matt. 5:7) Mercy is the heart of God. Fittingly, mercy is the core theme of...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 17, 2014
- 3 min
Downward Ascent 3: Almighty Meekness
‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.’ (Matt. 5:5) Weeping over one’s poverty is a gift. The contrite heart cries....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 4, 2014
- 4 min
Downward Ascent 1: Blessed Poverty
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.’ (Matt. 5:3) Poverty can incline us to riches beyond ourselves....
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 27, 2014
- 1 min
Join us for a Prayerful Lent
Starting next week, we at Desert Stream Ministries begin an 8-part prayer/intercession series designed to prepare us for Easter. Entitled...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 28, 2013
- 4 min
Lent Devotion 7: Foot-Washing for the Filthy Rich
“You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and don’t need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind,...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 21, 2013
- 3 min
Lent Devotion 6: Open Door for the Broken and Accused
‘Since we have confidence to enter the Most holy place through the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us by His body, let...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Mar 14, 2013
- 2 min
Lent Devotion 5: Light the Fire Again
‘Am I stone and not a sheep, that I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy Cross, To number drop by drop Thy blood’s slow loss, and yet not...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 28, 2013
- 3 min
Lent Devotion 3: True Worship
‘For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.’ (Matt. 6: 21) A few years ago, my teenage son told me that the largest...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 21, 2013
- 2 min
Lent Devotion 2: Good Suffering
‘The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night.’ – St. Edith Stein Suffering alone does not give us...
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Andrew Comiskey
- Feb 14, 2013
- 2 min
Lent 1: First Love
‘You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do...
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