Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Author page: Fr. Barnabas Powell

Tempted To Give Up!

Life can be discouraging at times. A wise man once told me this during a particularly discouraging time in my life: “Son, don’t quit when life is tough. You don’t throw your ticket away just because the train goes through a dark tunnel!” I still remember that today. And yet, there are dark times when…

Read More

A Real Person!

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I can really see that. The other day my daughter had the same reaction and facial expression I have when I’m frustrated. The moment made me smile, then cringe, then pray “Lord, help me be a better example to my children!” The whole of the…

Read More

The Final Judgement

"Don't judge me!" That's the cry of modern man in a modern society that has come to see every desire as a right and every pleasure as a perfectly normal expectation. There's a new Hollywood movie coming out that illustrates my point. It's called "50 Shades of Grey." I won't bore you with the details, but…

Read More

Is Doubt A Sin?

Paul Tillich once said, “Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.” Interesting! Too many times, moments of doubt are used by the enemy of your soul to cause you to give up or hide in shame. But doubt has never been fatal if it's dealt with in wisdom and patience. On this…

Read More

Divine Dust

"By the time we got to Woodstock..." Sorry, in advance for putting that song in your head for the rest of the day. But there is one quote more from that famous Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young song I want to share: "We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil's bargain,…

Read More

The Paradox of Trusting God

It’s a paradox. A paradox is a concept that we humans, especially we humans shaped and formed by post-Enlightenment secularism, have a hard time grasping. Paradox makes us uncomfortable. It feels like a “problem” to be “solved.” That’s why we humans stumble over paradox. You know what I mean, don’t you? It’s like what Jesus said when…

Read More