Fr. Barnabas Powell, Author at Faith Encouraged Ministries

Be Careful How You Walk – Sunday Homily

Sunday HomilyDecember 7, 202325Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Apostle Paul writes the Ephesians and gives them instructions on how to "walk as children of the Light." And this wisdom is meant to instruct us on how to avoid stumbles, and how to reach the goal that God has offered us: To become by grace what Christ is by nature.

Being Truly Human

DevotionalDecember 7, 202326Views 0Likes 0Comments

"I don't believe in God." "OK," I told him. "Tell me about this god you don't believe in." This young man began describing Zeus. You know, a god who is vindictive and angry; who punishes the mortals with lightning bolts of pain and sorrow. This god tries to control humans through threats and rewards. As…

The Servant Who Became St. Nicholas

DevotionalDecember 6, 202319Views 0Likes 0Comments

“I’m their leader! Which way did they go?” I have a cap with two bills on it, one in the front and one in the back with that slogan on it. It’s funny because it’s so often true. Leadership is always such a rewarding and challenging calling. In fact, if you could get most leaders to…

Be A Hero This Christmas!

Special EventDecember 5, 202323Views 0Likes 0Comments

Overtaken!

DevotionalDecember 5, 202321Views 0Likes 0Comments

When I was a police officer, one of the most exciting, most dangerous, and most nerve-racking parts of the job was a high-speed chase! It's one of the most dangerous experiences of a police officer, but overtaking the car you are chasing isn't the point. Identifying the car and radioing ahead is all part of…

Neither This Nor That!

DevotionalDecember 4, 202322Views 0Likes 0Comments

For the past several years our society has been struggling with the chaos of "identity politics." Our whole society has been gripped by the challenges of "microaggressions," gender dysphoria, and the "cancel culture" of being a heretic of the current faddish madness trying to pass itself off as "progress" and "fairness" and "compassion." Of course, it…

What Belongs to Cesar & What Belongs to God

UncategorizedDecember 1, 202324Views 0Likes 0Comments

We have succumbed to such a consumerist mindset that the Pavlovian trigger of “sale” actually has us queuing up outside the “box” retailers to wait in the cold to get a slip of paper that permits us to purchase a product at a particular price so we will “have” the product. One begins to wonder…

Come And See The Lamb of God

DevotionalNovember 30, 202325Views 0Likes 0Comments

Patti Smith once said: "It was an unexpected encounter that slowly altered the course of my life." Buy, hey, that's what happens to us when we have encounters with significant persons. Now let's consider an encounter with Jesus Christ. Jesus is God in the flesh. He is risen from the dead. He is alive and has…

By What Authority Do You Do These Things?

UncategorizedNovember 29, 202316Views 0Likes 0Comments

I never will forget the moment in college when I was confronted with the question "How do you know?" It was in an undergraduate philosophy class and I had actually never really thought about "how" I knew things. The fancy name for this is "epistemology." Epistemology is the study of how we know. It turns…

Giving Tuesday Report – THANK YOU!

UncategorizedNovember 29, 202319Views 0Likes 0Comments

Our Goal for the Annual Giving Campaign is $5000 in One-Time Gifts and $200 additional monthly support. And our #GivingTuesday got this Annual Campaign off to a wonderful start. We raised over half our One-Time goal yesterday! But it isn't too late for you. Our Campaign will run until the end of the year and everything we…

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Fr. Barnabas Powell

Be Careful How You Walk – Sunday Homily

Being Truly Human

The Servant Who Became St. Nicholas

Be A Hero This Christmas!

Overtaken!

Neither This Nor That!

What Belongs to Cesar & What Belongs to God

Come And See The Lamb of God

By What Authority Do You Do These Things?

Giving Tuesday Report – THANK YOU!

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