Fr. Barnabas Powell
Christ is risen!
I was a nervous wreck! A 15 year old teenager with his best buddies were sneaking into a movie theater without paying! I can hear the voice of my mother in my head "Young man, you carry your family name. That should make you think twice about doing things you know you…
Christ is risen!
Outrageous! Did you hear what he just said? Unbelievable! Completely out of bounds, provocative, and meant to offend. There is simply no justification for such rhetoric!
Unless, of course, it's true.
They say that truth is always a defense against the charge of slander!
Where is all this coming from? Well, our…
She had her eyes closed and her fingers in her ears and she kept saying "la, la, la, la, la, I can't hear you!" You see I had uttered the ancient and hated words "Sweetie, it's time for bed."
And she didn't want to go to bed, but rest is what she needed. She needed…
More information about the upcoming meeting of the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Pope in Jerusalem
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Christ is risen!
There's a great Country song from 1994 performed by Tim McGraw called "Don't Take the Girl" and it tells the story of how a young man's attitude toward the "fairer" sex changes as you get older. But the first part of the song as a young boy beggin his dad not to…
Christ is risen!
Jesus uses a phrase in the Gospels that I have always found to be both challenging and intriguing: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
The Lord uses the phrase in all three synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and in John 8:47 the Lord declares "He who is of God hears…
The Southern United States is known for "Southern hospitality" and those of us from this region of the US pride ourselves on our gentility, kindness, and family traditions.
That being said, we Southerners also have a strong strain of tribalism in our culture. In fact, whether you know it or not, we Southerners have a bit…
Have you ever looked at the Sundays following Pascha?
Each Sunday has a particular focus that both protects us from a Post-Pascha let down AND insights into keeping the flame if Pascha burning in our hearts and homes.
This Sunday we hear about the healing of the Paralytic.
What paralyzes your spiritual growth, consistent practice of the faith,…
Christ is risen!
It is no coincidence that the first "job" God gave Adam was to "name" the animals.
Remember, the Lord created we humans in His image to become in His likeness, and that means Adam was created with the ability and the goal to grow, mature, develop, and become "like" his Creator. And that means…