Day 29: Carrying His Cross
By Mike Nobrega Desert Stream Ministries Board Member I came to Desert Stream for help almost 30-years-ago: I was unable to break the...
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Nov 9, 20212 min read
Day 28: Carrying Her Cross
By Katie Comiskey Kansas City Living Waters Leader The Lord has met me in my brokenness in myriad ways: at His Cross, through His people,...
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Nov 3, 20212 min read
Day 22: Wounds that Heal -- Invitation
By David Halliburton Member of the Living Waters National Council Sexual abuse led me to believe I needed to be secretive to survive....
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Day 20: Wounds that Heal
I don’t like wounds. I’d rather avoid them: maybe the bloody mess will coagulate and heal itself. When I fractured my toes running, I...
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Abigail Foard
Oct 27, 20213 min read
Day 15: How Mary Loved
Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...
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Adam Pane
Oct 20, 20213 min read
Day 8: Rejoicing in the Body (From a Man's Perspective)
Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Close the Gap
‘You see the trouble we are in…in ruins, our gates burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall…and we will no longer be in disgrace’...
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Andrew Comiskey
Oct 6, 20212 min read
Battle Breaks Open
German Catholic bishops and lay persons voted last week to adopt a resolution (168 to 28) to bless same-sex relationships in the national...
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Andrew Comiskey
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Father’s Kiss
Last week, my son Nick asked me to preach the sermon for his ‘institution’ as senior rector. (Nick’s new post takes he and wife Meg from...
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Andrew Comiskey
Aug 30, 20213 min read
How to Love a Vulnerable Friend: Responding to the ‘Transgendered’
Original entry date: May 9, 2016 First, thank you for your commitment to your friend. Sometimes devout, energized persons like you can...
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Andrew Comiskey
Aug 9, 20214 min read
Ten Takeaways from 'Pray Away'
Winnowing wheat from chaff in service of persons pursuing wholeness Clarify terms and set realistic expectations. Jesus grants us...
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Andrew Comiskey
Aug 2, 20214 min read
Exposing 'Conversion Therapy': Six Points Worth Considering
Original entry date: October 28, 2018 First, 'conversion therapy' is the current lightning rod of contempt for anyone who refuses LGBT+...
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Andrew Comiskey
May 10, 20212 min read
Village People
Venturing to wholeness takes a village. We surrender to Jesus but stumble in route until we find walking partners who help us fix on...
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Andrew Comiskey
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Immerse this Easter
Easter lasts longer than any other holy season. Makes sense. God invites us to linger in the waters, to immerse ourselves in new life—to...
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Andrew Comiskey
Mar 25, 202115 min read
The Converting Power of Chastity (Feat. Article in 'Coming Home Network International' Newsletter)
I remember always loving the cross. Growing up in a beach town near Los Angeles in the sixties and seventies, my three siblings and I...
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