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Andrew Comiskey
Aug 7, 20233 min read
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
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Miracles of Becoming Whole
Previously published in Desert Stream’s 2023 Mid-Year Report Jesus heals the sexually disintegrated. I know this because He healed me of...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jul 10, 20232 min read
After Pride: Pouring Out
‘Freedom consists not in doing what we like but in having the right to do what we ought.’ -St. John Paul II After a couple weeks of...
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Katie Comiskey
Jun 30, 20232 min read
Blazing Heart
Today marks both the final day of Pride month and the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Celebrating life under the ‘rainbow’...
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Abigail Foard
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Transfiguration
I went to bed exhausted after our fifth Living Waters training in Poland. Like you, I am bombarded with news feeds featuring everything...
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Dean Greer
Jun 16, 20232 min read
We Cry Out, He Answers
My self-sufficiency dies hard. I’m still learning that when I cry out to the Lord, He is faithful to answer. For the last 6 months, I...
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An anonymous Living Waters leader
Jun 11, 20232 min read
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
Jun 5, 20232 min read
Securing Strugglers in Love
'Secure attachment means the child feels confident that others will be there to protect, comfort and support him…insecure attachment...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Authentic Love
Ann meant well but her eyes, filling slowly with tears, belied her. She responded confidently at first to my question as to why she was...
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Marco Casanova
May 22, 20232 min read
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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Andrew Comiskey
May 15, 20232 min read
Raised to Raise Others
‘The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name—He will teach you everything…’ (Jn. 14:26) What were they thinking?...
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Abigail Foard
May 8, 20232 min read
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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Katie Comiskey
Apr 24, 20232 min read
Lifted Up
As one subject to self-pity and despair, the Lord has trained me to fight. I now recognize my temptation to a familiar despair. I have a...
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Andrew Comiskey
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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
Mar 20, 20233 min read
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, 20233 min read
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 20, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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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