Andrew Comiskey
Desert Witness: Solitary and Free
“Who are you…what do you have to say for yourself? ‘I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness…’” (Jn. 1:22-23). Advent pops our...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 3, 20233 min read
Virgin. Again.
‘If the essence of Advent is expectancy, it is also a readiness for action: watchfulness for every opening, and willingness to risk...
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Andrew Comiskey
Jun 19, 20232 min read
(Extra)ordinary Time
‘I shall lose none of those who the Father has given Me’ (Jn 6:39). I am welling up with joy. Still savoring the Living Waters intensive...
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 5, 20223 min read
Declare Your Ground: Advent of Integration 2
‘If you don’t stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all’ (Is. 7:9). Christian, never apologize for upholding persons in their...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Coming Together: Advent of Integration 1
‘It is time to wake up from sleep’ (Romans 13:11). Wake up. Welcome the wholeness that is yours. Receive it. Lay hold of it. At the dawn...
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Dec 22, 20212 min read
Revisiting Joy
By Katie Comiskey The joy of Advent is often lost on me. As one prone to melancholy, I dwell more on disappointment than victories....
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Joyful Decrease
‘One is coming mightier than I…He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire’ (Lk. 3:16). ‘He must increase; I must decrease’ (Jn....
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Andrew Comiskey
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Actively Waiting
‘Advent is the time of the promise, not the fulfillment.’ Fr. Alfred Delp Adele fever is back. Her new album ‘30’ is selling faster than...
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Andrew Comiskey
Nov 28, 20212 min read
Transforming Fear
Jesus is coming and He’s mad. Today’s Advent Gospel (Lk. 21:25-28; 34-36) rouses us, not with carols but a swift kick. The Son of...
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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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Marco Casanova
Dec 13, 20203 min read
Festive Refinement
“Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4) Today is known as “Gaudete Sunday” (Gaudete--Latin “rejoice”). We set a fire to the lone rose-colored candle. The...
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Annette Comiskey
Dec 6, 20202 min read
Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
I was a high school senior in 1974 and our church youth group was obsessed with the Broadway show Godspell, a then hip, countercultural...
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