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Unto Life: Wonder-Filled Encouragement for the Spiritual Journey

Unto Life: Wonder-Filled Encouragement for the Spiritual Journey

Unto Life is an encouragement book—a traveling-companion for the spiritual journey.

2022

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John Michalak

An Introduction to My Writing on Medium

Why I’m here. How I see the world. What I plan to do.

3 min readMar 6, 2024

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A photo of blue sky above and deep soil below, with growing grass in between.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

Recreational Vehicles

You don’t have to wait for the good life to begin

4 min readMay 15, 2024

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Photo of an RV driving on highway with the rising sun ahead at the far side of the horizon.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

The Vocational Ethos of Lloyd Dobler

How an 80s movie illustrates my struggle with calling and commerce

4 min readMay 8, 2024

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Photo of a boy holding up a small chalkboard. On the board is written the words, “Will work for love.”

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

Returning Our Focus to Hearth and Home

How to center our lives on what’s real and true

3 min readApr 9, 2024

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Photo of woman dressed in gardening clothes, seated and working the soil of planted flowers.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

Are We Living a Secondhand Life?

We don’t need the Matrix to miss out on reality

3 min readApr 2, 2024

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Woman wearing virtual reality goggles while outside, surrounded by a beautiful forest scene.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

The Cross as a Way Through Suffering

How Holy Week turns the tables on suffering’s power

3 min readMar 26, 2024

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Image in stark black and white. A man stands in what appears to be a dark path surrounded by walls of rock. Darkness is behind him. Light is ahead.

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John Michalak
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Mustard Seed Sentinel

Movie Review: Cabrini

A discovery of the spiritual mother I never knew

6 min readMar 24, 2024

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A black-and-white photo of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, layered over a photo of John Michalak’s birth certificate.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

How Could I Love a God Like That?

Wrestling with suffering and God’s response to it

3 min readMar 20, 2024

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Black and white photo of a man in deep grief, his arms crossed with a hand covering his face.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

Negotiating the Mysteries of God and Man

Why can’t life be more simple?

3 min readMar 12, 2024

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Graphic of a man in a suit, balancing on a highwire of thread. The thread just ahead of him becomes a massive tangle, seemingly impossible to navigate.

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John Michalak
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Koinonia

The Wisdom to Know the Difference

Don’t let the darkness win

3 min readMar 5, 2024

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Image of a hand in the deep darkness, holding a flaming match.

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John Michalak

John Michalak

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Author and Speaker. Servant to two spoiled cats. Bridging the things of eternity with everyday experience.

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