Deacon Michael Halbrook

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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Give to God [29th Sunday, Year A]
Faith & Life

Give to God [29th Sunday, Year A]

October 17, 2014   |   Read Online Give to God [29th Sunday, Year A] The Tribute Money, Peter Paul Ruben (c. 1612) “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and t…

Prayers for the Start of a Journey
Faith & Life

Prayers for the Start of a Journey

October 10, 2014   |   Read Online Prayers for the Start of a Journey For more than ten years – since I re-met my wife, started dating her, realized my vocation…

The Rosary: My Weapon of Choice
Faith & Life

The Rosary: My Weapon of Choice

October 07, 2014   |   Read Online The Rosary: My Weapon of Choice If I tell you I’m going to pray for you or your intention, you should know that more than lik…

Faith & Life

Fathers & Sons in the Body of Christ

June 04, 2015   |   Read Online Fathers & Sons in the Body of Christ I’ll never forget Corpus Christi 2015. The Feast of Corpus Christi (currently designate…

Faith & Life

Lent 2015

February 18, 2015   |   Read Online Lent 2015 Today, Ash Wednesday, begins our season of penance and fasting. My wife Suzanne has been asking, and I’ve been pus…

Faith & Life

A Jarful of Prayers

March 19, 2015   |   Read Online A Jarful of Prayers Tonight I walked into Kool Beanz Cafe, the coffee shop a few blocks from home, for an end-of-day coffee. Vi…

Faith & Life

Step by step with God

February 10, 2015   |   Read Online Step by step with God Nice Day for a Ride, by Big Dave Diode (Flickr), Creative Commons license, some rights reserved. I smi…

Faith & Life

As Ferguson Burned

November 25, 2014   |   Read Online As Ferguson Burned “If you want peace work for justice.” – Pope Paul VI I didn’t sleep well last night. As I tried, building…

Faith & Life

God's Wheat

October 17, 2014   |   Read Online God's Wheat “I am God’s wheat, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts, so that I may become the pure bread of Chri…

Faith & Life

Focus for the week? Love.

October 20, 2014   |   Read Online Focus for the week? Love. Often on a Monday morning (or over a weekend), I’ll spend some time considering the “Biggest Rock” …

Faith & Life

#DareToDo

August 08, 2015   |   Read Online #DareToDo At last week’s National Order of the Arrow Conference (I’ll do a write-up about the whole event soon), National Chie…

Crucifix
Faith & Life

Crucifix

April 20, 2015   |   Read Online Crucifix My favorite gift from the “Easter Bunny” Crucifix, “Trinitarian Cross” by Suzanne Young (first discovered at St. Bonif…