Andrew Comiskey
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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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20182 min read
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 12, 20172 min read
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, 20163 min read
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, 20162 min read
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, 20152 min read
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, 20153 min read
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, 20144 min read
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, 20143 min read
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, 20143 min read
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, 20144 min read
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, 20141 min read
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 27, 20134 min read
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 20, 20133 min read
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, 20132 min read
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 27, 20133 min read
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 20, 20132 min read
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 13, 20132 min read
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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