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A Formation House for the Domestic Church
February 10, 2026 | Read Online A Formation House for the Domestic Church What I'm building for the second half - and how you can help Last night I sat down…
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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Let Your 'Yes' Mean 'Yes'
February 10, 2026 | Read Online Let Your 'Yes' Mean 'Yes' 2 Minute Homily — 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Let Your 'Yes' Mean 'Yes' | 2 Minute Homily In this …
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You ARE the Light - So Stop Hiding It
February 03, 2026 | Read Online You ARE the Light - So Stop Hiding It Notice what Jesus says: "You ARE the light of the world." Not "try to be the light." N…
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What Disneyland Gave Me for the Second Half
February 03, 2026 | Read Online What Disneyland Gave Me for the Second Half On clarity, flywheels, and the formation house I didn't know I was building For …
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The Beatitudes Are a Mirror, Not a Checklist
January 26, 2026 | Read Online The Beatitudes Are a Mirror, Not a Checklist #2MinuteHomily for February 1, 2026 We read the Beatitudes like a spiritual to-d…
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Stop Waiting
January 25, 2026 | Read Online Stop Waiting The Call Demands an Immediate Response "At once they left their nets and followed him." "Immediately they left t…
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Offering the Miles
February 02, 2026 | Read Online Offering the Miles What the Joyful Mysteries taught me about carrying sorrow Somewhere around mile eight, I hit the Presenta…
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The Name Before the Work
January 24, 2026 | Read Online The Name Before the Work On vigils, patrons, and twenty years of waiting It was the summer of 1994 when I kept my vigil in th…
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Walking Main Street with Purpose
January 28, 2026 | Read Online Walking Main Street with Purpose Why a 47-year-old deacon keeps coming back to Disney - and what it has to do with your soul …
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At the Right Hand
March 24, 2026 | Read Online At the Right Hand What I see when I stand at the altar During the Eucharistic Prayer, as the priest raises the sacrifice to the…
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The Pivot to the Real
January 22, 2026 | Read Online The Pivot to the Real I send at least one handwritten note every week. It's slow. It's inefficient. It can't be scaled. And i…
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The Seeds That Form Us
January 27, 2026 | Read Online The Seeds That Form Us I've been thinking a lot lately about the little moments that shape who we become. It started with a c…