Faith & Life
Lent 2015
February 18, 2015 | Read Online Lent 2015 Today, Ash Wednesday, begins our season of penance and fasting. My wife Suzanne has been asking, and I’ve been pus…
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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A Jarful of Prayers
March 19, 2015 | Read Online A Jarful of Prayers Tonight I walked into Kool Beanz Cafe, the coffee shop a few blocks from home, for an end-of-day coffee. Vi…
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Step by step with God
February 10, 2015 | Read Online Step by step with God Nice Day for a Ride, by Big Dave Diode (Flickr), Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. I smi…
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As Ferguson Burned
November 25, 2014 | Read Online As Ferguson Burned “If you want peace work for justice.” – Pope Paul VI I didn’t sleep well last night. As I tried, building…
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God's Wheat
October 17, 2014 | Read Online God's Wheat “I am God’s wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Chri…
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Focus for the week? Love.
October 20, 2014 | Read Online Focus for the week? Love. Often on a Monday morning (or over a weekend), I’ll spend some time considering the “Biggest Rock” …
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#DareToDo
August 08, 2015 | Read Online #DareToDo At last week’s National Order of the Arrow Conference (I’ll do a write-up about the whole event soon), National Chie…
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Crucifix
April 20, 2015 | Read Online Crucifix My favorite gift from the “Easter Bunny” Crucifix, “Trinitarian Cross” by Suzanne Young (first discovered at St. Bonif…
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The Pruning
May 03, 2015 | Read Online The Pruning Bob Jenkins, Pruned Rose (Flickr) “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear …
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Patriarch
July 29, 2015 | Read Online Patriarch [pey-tree-ahrk] n. noun 1. the male head of a family or tribal line. My Grandpa Halbrook passed away this morning at 1…
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Epic Order of the Arrow #TBT
July 22, 2015 | Read Online Epic Order of the Arrow #TBT Today, I’m sharing a massive Throwback Thursday (#TBT): A stockpile of thoughts and memories that h…
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#ThankfulThursday – 1/14/2016
January 14, 2016 | Read Online #ThankfulThursday – 1/14/2016 A whole new idea – a public dose of what I’m thankful for each Thursday. This week: (1) Mom Tod…