Yearly Archives: 2026

Saint Paul’s Roller Coaster (Acts 13-14)

March 10, 2026 / Michael Haverkamp

Saint Paul never rode a roller coaster. He wouldn’t have needed to. His missionary journeys are a series of wild ups and downs. Paul’s first missionary journey takes him (together with Barnabas) from Antioch in Syria to several cities in Asia Minor (what is now Turkiye). Paul and Barnabas share

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God’s got this (Acts 12)

February 26, 2026 / Michael Haverkamp

Every history book is wrong. Let me explain. Acts 12 tells the story of a king, two holy men, and the angel of the Lord. To win favor with the people, the king has one of the holy men killed. He arrests the second holy man, intending to kill him

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Make disciples of all nations (Acts 10-11)

February 10, 2026 / Michael Haverkamp

A momentous event is the subject of Acts 10: Gentiles, specifically the centurion Cornelius and his household, receive the Holy Spirit for the first time. This is preceded by Peter’s dream, where God instructs him that he may eat any animal, for “what God has cleansed, you must not call common.”

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Conversion (Acts 9)

January 27, 2026 / Michael Haverkamp

In An Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis de Sales writes of the necessity, and the ongoing nature, of conversion for followers of Christ. The conversion of St. Paul, recounted by Saint Luke in Acts 9, was an extraordinary conversion that birthed St. Paul’s ministry across the Mediterranean world. St.

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The Power of Prayer (Acts 9)

January 19, 2026 / Michael Haverkamp

As the stones rained down on Stephen, and as Saul stood watch by the coats, Stephen implored God, saying, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them” (Acts 7:60). Some time later, as Saul traveled to Damascus, “breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord” (Acts 9:1), the Lord Jesus appeared to him.

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