Faith & Life
The Bird at the Window
Sunday Night as our weekly Holy Hour started, when I was kneeling to chant O Salutaris Hostia, I could see a bird flying around the window above the sanctuary.
Deacon Michael Halbrook
Faith, family, work, and life — all intertwined
I'm a husband, father of four boys, Catholic deacon, and 30-year veteran of media, marketing, and tech consulting and leadership roles, including 18 years at Adobe. I write about the intersection of faith and every day life — because they were never meant to be separate.
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The End Is Where We Start From
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding
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The Answer is a Person
Thomas asks a perfectly reasonable question. Jesus has just said, "Where I am going, you know the way." And Thomas responds: "Master, we do not know where you
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He Calls You By Name
"He calls his own sheep by name." It's easy to skip over that line. But stay with it. Jesus doesn't manage a flock. He doesn't track a herd. He calls each she
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What Clarity Feels Like
A weekend full of ministry - and the deepest peace I've felt in years
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Mercy Through Wounds
Of all the things Jesus could have done with his resurrected body, he chose to keep the wounds. Why? Because those wounds are the source of mercy. Those wound
