Fr. Barnabas Powell, Author at Faith Encouraged Ministries

Pitiful Perpetual Adolescence

BlogSeptember 27, 202332Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tom Stoppard once said, "Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up!" While that really is funny, it is also a painful splash of reality. It really does take time to become mature. Sadly, I've known men who were older but never mature. And one of those older men was the guy I look…

Knowing Your Limitations

BlogSeptember 26, 202328Views 0Likes 0Comments

I don't like to admit my limitations. In fact, one of my besetting sins is seeing a Speed Limit sign and thinking of it as more of a "suggestion." Admitting that I really struggle with this is an absolutely essential part of maturing and growing in self-awareness. This maturing process is vital to my spiritual…

What Are We?

BlogSeptember 25, 202325Views 0Likes 0Comments

There was a stunning article in the January 2013 issue of Boston Magazine. It was entitled "Losing Our Religion" and the article begins by telling the story of a mother and her 9-year-old son watching a procession of the faithful from the Greek Orthodox church across the street from their home on our Great and…

A Small, Shallow, Inattentive Life – Sunday’s Homily

BlogSeptember 22, 202326Views 0Likes 0Comments

The paradox of the Orthodox message concerning the Holy Cross uniquely reveals the deepest weakness of we humans, our self-centered pride. The cure for this deep, human, sickness is the paradox of "if you want to save your life, you have to lose your life." The Cross of Jesus undoes the slavery of arrogance and…

A Special Message

BlogSeptember 22, 202326Views 0Likes 2Comments

Dear Faith Encouraged Daily Family, Since late 2012, we have partnered with Ancient Faith Ministries to distribute the Daily Devotionals from Faith Encouraged. We started this Daily Devotional ministry to encourage our Orthodox Faithful to read and apply the Holy Scriptures to their everyday lives. Since then, thousands of folks have read and used these daily devotionals…

Do You Know Your Inheritance?

BlogSeptember 22, 202321Views 0Likes 0Comments

The great American Founding Father, Patrick Henry said "This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed." Henry understood the relative uselessness of temporary material things and the true value of a spiritual inheritance that lasts forever. But the only…

What Does “Holy” Mean?

BlogSeptember 21, 202323Views 0Likes 0Comments

OK, so one of my favorite movies in the whole world is "Princess Bride" and one of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Vincent keeps using the word "inconceivable!" Finally, after so many times of hearing this word from Vincent, Inigo Montoya responds "You keep using that word. I do not think it…

Armored to Fight The Real Enemy

BlogSeptember 20, 202327Views 0Likes 0Comments

I love this Armed Forces Motto: “The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.” Isn’t that great? In other words, when you put the time into preparing for battle, you are more ready to face the fight. And what is true for physical fighting is also true for the spiritual battle…

Simple Or Easy But not Both

BlogSeptember 19, 202317Views 0Likes 1Comment

"It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones, after all." So says the author of Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder. But life is so very often not simple. It's complicated and difficult and filled with so many motivations all mixed together and hard to tease out the…

Christ Has Set Us Free

BlogSeptember 18, 202319Views 0Likes 0Comments

I've never yet heard a politician boldly proclaim "Vote for me and I'll take away your freedom!" They are always going on about "protecting democracy" "restoring your freedom" or "protecting your rights." Even those politicians bought and paid for by special interests are desperate to tell you they aren't bought and paid for by special…

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Fr. Barnabas Powell

Pitiful Perpetual Adolescence

Knowing Your Limitations

What Are We?

A Small, Shallow, Inattentive Life – Sunday’s Homily

Do You Know Your Inheritance?

What Does “Holy” Mean?

Armored to Fight The Real Enemy

Simple Or Easy But not Both

Christ Has Set Us Free

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