Homilies & Reflections
Pentecost Happened
What I preached, what I learned, and a word I should have used
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.
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.
Faith & Life
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
Homilies & Reflections
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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Transitions
Two Weeks Left
Two weeks. That's what's left of my Adobe career. Ten days of handoffs, goodbyes, and the strange ritual of turning in equipment that's been part of my daily life for years
Homilies & Reflections
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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Identity
Running and Building
I'm writing this from Walt Disney World. Not a sentence I expected to include in a post about leadership transitions - but here we are.
Faith & Life
What Clarity Feels Like
A weekend full of ministry - and the deepest peace I've felt in years