I was reading a seventh grade public school exam from many decades ago and was struck with the level of language, grammar, and difficulty of the exam. It was very sophisticated and I struggled to “pass!”
Fr. Barnabas Powell
There’s a famous hamburger restaurant out West called In-N-Out Burger. All the natives out that way swore it was the best hamburger joint in the world. Well, I tried it when I was out that way and my verdict: Eeh, it was OK. But the name, great name signifying quick food for inside or take…
You’ve met them. They are the ones who always seem to have a criticism of how things are going AND they don’t jump in to assist, they just want to complain. Truth be told, I’ve caught myself doing the same thing.
Isn’t it amazing how much insight into a problem you can have and feel…
Today we hear The Lord refer to the people who bring Him a case the disciples couldn't heal as a "faithless and perverse" generation. What made them so? Their "little faith."
But in another place, The Lord teaches that faith as little as a mustard seed is enough to moves mountains.
So in one place a little…
Dear friends of Life Encouraged, I am asking for your help! We Christians MUST not remain silent as our brothers and sisters in the Middles East are ethnically cleansed from their homes, churches, and lands. Our brothers and sisters are being persecuted, martyred, and driven from their homes, and our silence is killing them.…
While I understand the immediate discomfort some have when they hear language like this, may I ask your indulgence (big smile here!) in seeing beyond an initial, emotional response, and consider the thoughts written here. You may discover some edification for your own Christian maturity. Just give it a fair chance, is all I…
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Falling Asleep of our blesses Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary.
Join us as we sing this hymn today:
In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by…
That’s what my doctor tells me about my range of motion. I remember a few years ago him telling me that the Latin word for “live” literally means “to move” so he told me if I wanted to live I had to MOVE! Ok,OK, I hear you.
He went on to tell me one of…
Thank you all who stop by here for the daily devotionals, weekly homilies, and other postings all meant to encourage you to practice daily the faith meant to make you like Jesus Christ! This is the heart of Life Encouraged and why I love doing this work.
In the last few months since Life…
I’ve noticed that some folks appreciate straight talk and some folks don’t. In fact, there seem to be whole cultures where plain talk is discouraged because certain cultures consider it rude. I’ve seen this reality play out with different concepts about honesty as well.