Daily Reflections
He Who Began It
Paul is confident that God will finish what he started. Jesus heals a man while his hosts watch in silence. Both are saying the same thing about how God works.
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.
Daily Reflections
Go Tell That Fox
Herod wants to kill him. Paul is in chains. Both of them keep going anyway - and neither one is pretending the cost isn't real.
The Next Keeper
The chain does not wait for the current keeper to choose the next one.
Daily Reflections
He Prayed All Night
Before he named the Twelve, Jesus spent the entire night in prayer. He already knew. That is what makes the night so striking.
Faith & Life
The Marriage of Pleasure and Virtue
On doing hard things with people you love - and why the best memories cost something.
This Is a Great Mystery
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time | Ephesians 5:21-33 | Psalm 128 | Luke 13:18-21
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Organizational Effectiveness
Who You Hire Is Your Mission
Three candidates for a parish administrator role. The parish hires the easy one. Six months later, the role isn't working. Here's why - and how to stop it.
Daily Reflections
Stand Up Straight
She is bent over, held by a spirit for eighteen years. Paul says you were once darkness and are now light. The woman standing upright is what that looks like in a body.
The Chapel at Bayamo
Two Lamps, Issue 25: Saints Anthony Mary Claret & John of Capistrano, a small mission chapel in the hills outside Bayamo in the archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba, an autumn evening in 1854
Daily Reflections
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
Paul lists everything Christians share. Jesus asks why the crowds can't read what's right in front of them. The list is the answer.
Faith & Life
Called by Name: What John Paul II Taught About Personal Mission
On the Memorial of St. John Paul II, a collection of his most powerful words on the vocation each of us carries.