It grew, and he added his personal site in March 1997, including vocational information about what led him to the priesthood. There's music, there's pictures, there's faces. There's words, too, accurate words. We don't water down words at all. We show people that it can be very helpful and faith can be challenging.
Some people find the sites by using Internet search engines to look for religious sites.
Many learn of them when friends share the prayers and stories. And more than 150 other Web sites contain links to Umberger's sites. He gets 75 to 100 e-mail messages a day and uses the questions and comments to help determine what new pages to add. Part of the more than two hours he spends on electronic ministry daily is devoted to responding personally to messages from people who are seeking help. His readers in turn provide all of the inspirational stories he periodically uses, passing along items that are circulating in their communities.