Fr. Barnabas Powell, Author at Faith Encouraged Ministries

Our Saturday Guest Blog – On Behalf of All!

BlogDecember 6, 2014195Views 0Likes 0Comments

This Saturday, our guest blog comes to us from the wonderful site On Behalf of All, and its a great and timely post about Santa. Click the link below to read the whole post, and share it with your friends. “Every year, as Christmas approaches, the discussions begin in parenting circles: How do you deal…

My Burden Is Light

BlogDecember 5, 2014250Views 0Likes 0Comments

“Therefore, don’t despair when you fall, but get up eagerly and do a metanoia saying, “Forgive me, my dear Christ. I am human and weak.” The Lord has not abandoned you. But since you still have a great deal of worldly pride, a great deal of vainglory, our Christ lets you make mistakes and fall,…

Time For Our Big Boy Pants

BlogDecember 4, 2014270Views 0Likes 1Comment

If you’ve hung around these parts for a while, you know already what I’m going to say: Spiritual maturity is a particular emphasis for me. And the reason for that is because it is precisely what I lack and what I long to have. The reason why I lack it is because my will is…

By What Authority

BlogDecember 3, 2014347Views 0Likes 0Comments

Let’s face it, we humans have a problem with authority, especially we Americans. We don’t like. We don’t trust it. And we are suspicious of it’s motives. We want our freedom. The battle cry of our revolution that started this country was “Give me liberty or give me death!” Pretty radical, but at the heart…

Cleaning House

BlogDecember 2, 2014322Views 0Likes 0Comments

“Uh, excuse me, but I was hoping for the ‘meek and lowly’ Jesus!” I bet that was the thoughts of the men the day the Lord walked into a section of the outer courts of the Temple in Jerusalem and started turning over the tables and sending the “men of commerce” running. “This isn’t the…

The Things That Make For Peace

BlogDecember 1, 2014227Views 0Likes 0Comments

He corrected even my prayer that I said at the beginning of our homiletics class! He was my homiletics professor during my college years and he was known as the toughest professor at the school, and somehow he became fixated on me. It seemed I could do nothing right in his class, and it also…

I Guess I Should Come And See

BlogNovember 30, 2014281Views 0Likes 1Comment

Today, we hear two different men respond to two different questions with “Come and See.” The first question was asked by some of John the Forerunner’s disciples about where the Lord was staying and He responded”Come and see.” And the second question was asked by Nathaniel of Philip about whether any good thing can come…

Black Friday

BlogNovember 28, 2014223Views 0Likes 1Comment

And they’re off! The sales, the markdowns, the deals, all conspiring to get us to spend, spend, spend. The competition is hot. The deals are unrepeatable. Knock that person ahead of you down. Reach across that lady’s grasp. Get here first! Fight, fight, fight!

Like A Child

BlogNovember 26, 2014248Views 0Likes 0Comments

Think of one (just one) foolish thing you did as a child. I remember one “project” I attempted as a single-digit aged kid. I thought it would be “fun” to paint the basement of our house! The problem was I didn’t have enough paint to do all the walls. I didn’t have the right paintbrush…

If Only I Could…(You Can!)

BlogNovember 25, 2014241Views 0Likes 0Comments

"Who touched Me?" What? Lord, the whole crowd is pressing in to touch You, and you ask "Who touched Me?" Lord, it doesn't make sense. Everybody is touching You. I imagine that is what most of the disciples were either thinking or saying when the Lord asked this question in a large crowd one day.…

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Our Saturday Guest Blog – On Behalf of All!

My Burden Is Light

Time For Our Big Boy Pants

By What Authority

Cleaning House

The Things That Make For Peace

I Guess I Should Come And See

Black Friday

Like A Child

If Only I Could…(You Can!)

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