Salt has been used to preserve, season, and cure illness, and even used as currency in some cultures! Even in our Orthodox cultures salt has been used to express hospitality and welcome. Several Orthodox traditions have salt as a gift when the bishop arrives at a parish. The bishop is...
Anne Frank wrote: Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. But this is no new idea. The message of Jesus, especially at Christmas insists that true greatness has EVERYTHING to do with being willing to be weak for the sake of others! We...
Sometimes you have to wonder why we so easily miss it. You know, the obvious stuff that, once we see it, we wonder how we missed it in the first place! My girls like those puzzles where you are suppose to find the hidden pictures in a larger picture,...
This past Sunday night, Fr. Barnabas made the big announcement that the Faith Encouraged LIVE Show on December 23rd will be the final show. In 2014 we launched Faith Encouraged LIVE on Ancient Faith Radio and our very first show was about becoming a Welcoming Parish. Since then we’ve done 79 Faith...
Hey, we were kids! And it was Christmas morning AND our parents were still asleep AND it was a snow cone maker AND there was sugary syrup packets! What did you expect was going to happen? Well, let's just say that after THAT Christmas morning a general rule was...
Listen to St. Poemen. "As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin." Why? Why does almsgiving and faith purify from sin? By the way, this is a big deal! Look at our...
Why not give a Christmas Gift to your family, friends, or even parish that fosters consistent Faith? Fr. Barnabas' book "A Faith Encouraged" invites the reader to a daily encounter with Scripture and Tradition. And our Intro to Orthodoxy video series and workbook - "A Journey to Fullness" - would be...
Why is it we humans struggle with understanding certain things about life, technology, relationships, politics, and the list goes on and on? Well, it's got everything to do with different experiences, different upbringing, different priorities, and so on. But what if there was a basic understanding that was fundamentally...
Sunday night at 8 PM Eastern, go to AncientFaith.com/radio/live and listen to a very special Faith Encouraged LIVE show with Fr. Barnabas. The number to call during the show is 855-237-2346!
St. John of Kronstadt said "Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of that person is the image of God, and this remains in...
