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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 21, 20103 min read

Mercy From Rome

While doing a conference in Denver many years ago, a vigorous young man introduced himself to me as Christopher West; he was then the...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 20, 20103 min read

Dying to Release Mercy

‘Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.’ (John 12:23)...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 19, 20103 min read

Dunking the River Goddess

I hate idolatry. The worship of false gods turns humans into animals. While worship of the one true God humbles and exalts what is best...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 18, 20103 min read

Mercy for the Sinner

I met Benjie Cruz at the onset of our first trip to the Philippines. Virmi, our gracious host, had arranged for him to be our liaison as...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 17, 20103 min read

Merciful Rest

Running hard in the jungles of Venezuela or on the pampas of Argentina (or crazy lost anywhere in Europe) may sound fun but actually it...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 16, 20103 min read

The Cleansing Flood

The heart of our efforts in South America lies in Argentina, home of our faithful colleagues, Mauricio and Daniela Montion. The enemy of...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 15, 20102 min read

Taking the Land for Mercy

We landed in Caracas, Venezuela—the first of many advances in South America. The soil was rich for digging, and God’s merciful ones...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 14, 20103 min read

A Cup of Cold Water

International travel takes a toll; normally good attitudes threaten to become foul under the strain of disorienting circumstances. The...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 13, 20103 min read

A Global Gift

Toni Dolfo-Smith’s help to me in Germany was but a glimmer of what he offered to the global work of Living Waters. He has since come...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 12, 20103 min read

Dancing in the Dark

In the expanding world of Living Waters, God’s mercy always took the form of my travelling partners: alongside of men like Kin Lancaster,...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 11, 20103 min read

Finding the Way Home

One of the perils of my long distance running overseas is the threat of getting lost. No idle threat: I have been thoroughly disoriented...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 10, 20103 min read

Opening Doors and Floodgates

London, where the waters of mercy had sprung up for me years earlier, became deep ground for Living Waters. Jonathan Hunter and I took...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 9, 20103 min read

A Deeper Well, Waters Rising

The move to Anaheim was a shakedown. Everything that could be shaken was—from our relationship with our previous church to the still...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 8, 20103 min read

Falling Mercies

You could say that the way to Vineyard Anaheim had been paved in righteousness—we had been cast out of our home church for doing what was...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 7, 20103 min read

A Severe Mercy, Part 2

During the long drive to the confrontation at hand (see #18), I felt the sentence of death. And yet peace. Something in me was dying but...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 6, 20103 min read

A Severe Mercy, Part 1

An early lesson we learned in Desert Stream: sexual sin always has consequences. It tears the fabric of individual souls, or...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 5, 20103 min read

A Merciful Friend

Digging ditches for God’s mercy to flow into the desert of sexual and relational brokenness—hard work made joyful by amazing workmen....

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 4, 20103 min read

Merciful Exposure

The Fuller years were demanding and fruitful. We pushed ourselves hard. Departing from ‘student housing’ in Pasadena, Annette and I...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 3, 20103 min read

A ‘Fuller’ Mercy

Throughout the eighties, Fuller Theological Seminary helped us to establish a sure foundation for our offering of mercy. (I was a student...

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Andrew Comiskey

Mar 2, 20103 min read

Mercy For All

The first few years of Desert Stream had been defined by same-sex strugglers; that began to change as the word got out that men and women...

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