Faith & Life
The Law of Love
February 12, 2023 | Read Online The Law of Love “How good it is to have the Law of Love!”Proclamation of the Holy Gospel & HomilyFebruary 12, 2023; 3rd …
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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"We can do it!"
August 09, 2024 | Read Online "We can do it!" Running? Yep. “The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – John Bing…
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Unity... in Baseball & in Jesus
July 22, 2024 | Read Online Unity... in Baseball & in Jesus What can we find that unites us? Now more than ever. It was quite a week. Saturday evening a…
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Starting... in Neverland
July 12, 2024 | Read Online Starting... in Neverland “You’re a starter. You start things.” “I finally figured you out. You’re a starter. You start things.” …
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A Journey to Emmaus
July 28, 2025 | Read Online A Journey to Emmaus How about a spiritual exercise helping you be more ready & open to evangelize? Over the last few years, …
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Running: One Foot in Front of the Other
July 22, 2025 | Read Online Running: One Foot in Front of the Other About a year ago, I embarked on the journey of running. I still wouldn’t call myself “a …
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Just Say ‘No’? How?
August 11, 2025 | Read Online Just Say ‘No’? How? How have I continued to grow into how to say ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to the right things? After last week’s email a…
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A New Challenge in Charity & Leadership
August 05, 2025 | Read Online A New Challenge in Charity & Leadership We hosted dinner at our house on Friday. Suzanne made an amazing chicken with gree…
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To go out on top? Or with your team?
September 15, 2025 | Read Online To go out on top? Or with your team? What’s more important? A win – or your commitment to your team? Our youngest was very …
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Embracing the Unknown
September 09, 2025 | Read Online Embracing the Unknown On our anniversary trip to Disneyland last week, my wife and I went on another of the many rides that…
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13.1
November 12, 2025 | Read Online 13.1 What do you learn running a Half Marathon? A couple of weeks ago, my oldest son and I were able to spend a long weekend…
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Fragile
October 21, 2025 | Read Online Fragile We are fragile beings in fragile bodies, and we ought to look out for one another. My mother-in-law Mary has been fac…