He Will Come and Serve Them
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time | Ephesians 2:12-22 | Psalm 85 | Luke 12:35-38
Deacon Michael Halbrook
Faith, family, work, and life - all intertwined.
Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
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Talking Points
Talking Points: Week of October 19, 2026
The midterm talking points are simple: costs are up, blame the other side. The reality is more complicated. Here's what the data shows - and what's missing.
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Mission
The Mission Statement for the Parish Secretary You Are Trying to Hire
Two parish secretaries on day one - one a stranger, one in the pews for twenty years - both fail the same way. The mission statement is why. And the hire you're trying to make is the second half.
The Eucatastrophe
The train from Valencia toward Madrid left at four-seventeen in the afternoon.
Homilies & Reflections
Whose Image Is On You?
Caesar takes and keeps. God receives, transforms, and returns. On World Mission Sunday, a homily on the difference between two economies - and what you give.
The Cell at San José
Two Lamps, Issue 24: Saints Teresa of Ávila & Ignatius of Antioch, Teresa's cell at the monastery of San José in Ávila, an autumn evening in 1577
The Final Decoding
Daniel reached one hundred percent on a Thursday morning in October.
They Exchanged the Truth for a Lie
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time | Romans 1:16-25 | Psalm 19 | Luke 11:37-41
AI/SI
5 Things Catholics Should Know About AI and Consciousness
A $60 billion company says its AI might be conscious. The Vatican disagrees. St. Teresa of Ávila - whose feast we celebrate this week - contributed to the thinking 450 years ago.
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Technology
The Question Before the System
Two institutions, two different technology failures, the same underlying mistake. The question before the system turns out to have four parts. And a fifth.
Valencia
The train from Rome to Valencia took seven hours, with a change in Barcelona.
The Apartments in the Vatican
Two Lamps, Issue 23: Saints John XXIII & Bruno of Cologne, the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, an evening in February 1959