Author page: Fr. Barnabas Powell

Today's headlines read like a series of horror stories to many people. Mass shootings and infectious diseases break out and we wonder about our own health and safety. Conflict rages in the Middle East and radical Islamic groups are ethnically cleansing the Christians and other minority groups, even killing children because "they may grow up…

OK, I confess, I do get amused mostly, but sometimes it's annoying to see the shallow political ideologies of the day insist Jesus is "on our side." This is especially comical when I see violently anti-religious political ideologues insist we Christians aren't following Jesus like we should. How would they know? The crushing ignorance among…

"Don't judge me!" With that, the argument was supposed to be over. After all, my interlocutor had used the nuclear bomb of debate. He had pulled out the "Judge Not" card. And, after all, since he was debating a Christian, that meant the discussion was over and he had effectively shut down the uncomfortable reality…