Fr. Barnabas Powell, Author at Faith Encouraged Ministries

Your Advantage

BlogJune 3, 2014241Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes what's best for us isn't really apparent in the middle of our journey. It's only later we discover that an event, though difficult at the time, actually turned out to be the best thing for us. As the old country song says "They hindsight 20/20..." This coming Sunday is the Feast of Pentecost, the…

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

BlogJune 2, 2014226Views 0Likes 0Comments

All too often we spend our lives waiting for that perfect moment when everything is going "right" and all around me is positive and affirming. And, the longer we live, the more disillusioned we become because that "moment" seems to never come! Oh, to be sure, there are flashes of "just right" in our lives.…

This IS Eternal Life

BlogJune 1, 2014228Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today the Lord reveals that "eternal life" isn't about survival or mere existence. He tells us through our Gospel Lesson today that eternal life is "that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." Read the whole chapter of John 17 and you'll find out that this eternal life…

Be The Bee

BlogMay 31, 2014315Views 0Likes 0Comments

This ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Youth department is wonderful! I subscribe to this ministry tool and I hope you will too! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBQ0tNlGcS0]

The Way

BlogMay 30, 2014230Views 0Likes 0Comments

A short thought today on our Gospel Lesson in John 14:1-11: Our Lord Jesus says "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him." We always…

We Have A Man in Heaven!

BlogMay 29, 2014249Views 0Likes 2Comments

Today is the Feast of the Ascension, and this Feast begs the question: What is this whole ascending from the Mount of olives all about? Why didn't Jesus just "POOF" disappear and go to the Father's side? Why all this theatrics? It is almost axiomatic that any truth or tradition sufficiently removed from its Source…

Standing At the Threshold

BlogMay 28, 2014213Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! (The last time we will say this until next Pascha. Today is the Apodosis (the Leavetaking) of the Feast of Pascha!) Have you ever thought about thresholds? Yeah, thresholds. They are important architectural structures. They let you know when you're passing from the kitchen to the diningroom or from the hallway to…

The Hour Has Come

BlogMay 27, 2014265Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! (only a few more days for that Paschal Greeting! The Feast of the Ascension arrives Thursday!) The old saying is "timing is everything." How true! There have been moments in my own life when the timing has been off, very frustrating. This is especially true when you have a dream or even…

Even His Enemies Praise Him

BlogMay 26, 2014239Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! There is a principle that God, in His love, reveals to those who love Him that even the Lord's sworn enemies end up doing things and making decisions that ultimately serve the Lord's intended purpose for His world. It must be terribly frustrating to the enemy of God to watch as his…

But I Want to KNOW for Sure!

BlogMay 23, 2014262Views 0Likes 0Comments

Christ is risen! (only 5 more days for that greeting. The Feast of the Ascension is next week!) Wow, we humans are an insecure lot! The pharmaceutical companies have exploded with growth providing Americans with "medicine" to help us overcome all kinds of diseases of the psyche. But, instead of eternally medicating symptoms, what if…

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