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.
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
Fire on the Earth
Paul prays that you be filled with all the fullness of God. Jesus says he came to bring fire. These are the same thing.
The Jerusalem Date
Margaret's contact in Jerusalem sent the photographs on a Monday morning in October.
Daily Reflections
The Least of the Holy Ones
Paul calls himself the least of the holy ones. The steward is found doing his job. Both are saying the same thing.
Faith & Life
The Mission Statement You Already Have
There is a little booklet on a shelf in our family chapel - the small space in our basement where I go for morning and evening prayer. I didn't remember putting
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
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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.