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Retreat! #ThankfulThursday
June 09, 2016 | Read Online Retreat! #ThankfulThursday Starting this afternoon, I’ll be offline and away through Sunday for our annual diaconate formation r…
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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Open My Eyes
May 11, 2016 | Read Online Open My Eyes Signpost in the Mountain – iStock.com/Mimadeo Fifteen or so years ago, when I had returned to church and was startin…
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Future, Forward
January 19, 2016 | Read Online Future, Forward “Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; See, I am doing something new! Now…
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A Man Named James
August 25, 2016 | Read Online A Man Named James James at Starbucks Back in April, I was out at a Starbucks near our house for an evening of reading for my d…
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Class of Twenty-Twenty-Something
June 15, 2016 | Read Online Class of Twenty-Twenty-Something Now that the “cat’s out of the bag” and has been officially communicated to the clergy of our d…
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Sparrows
November 23, 2016 | Read Online Sparrows I’m learning how (emotionally) overwhelming ministry can be at times. When you put yourself entirely into God’s han…
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Everlasting Day
June 19, 2016 | Read Online Everlasting Day On a recent trip to cub scout camp with three of my four boys, many of these words came to me on my walk to and …
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I Can't Imagine
June 15, 2016 | Read Online I Can't Imagine As I read the devastatingly sad news from Orlando of Lane Graves, the 2-year-old boy who was pulled into the lag…
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Diaconate Retreat 2016 (Photos)
June 13, 2016 | Read Online Diaconate Retreat 2016 (Photos) From June 9-13, 2016, our class of diaconate aspirants had our annual retreat. These photos are …
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2018 After-Action Review
January 01, 2019 | Read Online 2018 After-Action Review Happy new year! It’s time to kick off 2019 with an after-action review of 2018 and setting up some p…
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Good, Evil, & God: Understanding the Old Testament’s “Dark Passages”
October 14, 2017 | Read Online Good, Evil, & God: Understanding the Old Testament’s “Dark Passages” In the book of the prophet Isaiah, God teaches manki…
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Our Peaceful Protest
September 24, 2017 | Read Online Our Peaceful Protest In the midst of all of the protests (and rioting) in St. Louis right now (just follow the Twitter hash…