Shakespeare's Hamlet has a character named Polonius and Shakespeare has him utter those now famous words "For the apparel oft proclaims the man." And then, of course, there's the famous business advice "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have!" All this focus on apparel makes...
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"To everything, turn, turn, turn. There is a season, turn, turn, turn. And a time to every purpose under heaven." The Byrds lyrics were taken, of course, from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the First Testament. It is the gift of time, granted to us by God, where our...
I remember the days of my early religious development and the focus on the heated discussion between creation and evolution. And it seemed that, if you were religious then everything in your faith hung on God creating rather than evolution to "explain" the beginning of all things. At the risk...
Don't miss Sunday night's program! We are going to hear about how real parish communities are using the A Journey to Fullness outreach video series to share the Orthodox Faith with others. Fr. Costas Keares and George Athanasiou of St. Paul's Church in North Royalton OH, Fr. John Touloumes...
Daily Devotionals return on Clean Monday to help us keep a Great Lent! See you Monday! Fr. Barnabas
Listen this Sunday night at 8 PM Eastern to an all new Faith Encouraged LIVE show. We are going to hear how some local parishes are using the "A Journey to Fullness" video series to reach out and share the Orthodox Faith with others. We will hear from Fr. John...
It's weird how a note from someone who writes to me can be both so very encouraging AND heartbreaking. But it happens every week! "Hi Father Barnabas. Just wanted to let you know that your podcasts and videos are extremely helpful to me as an ex-Protestant catechumen. However unfortunately I...
I just got back from our twice-a-year clergy retreats here in the Metropolis of Atlanta, and we had a special treat in a visit from a priest from Greece, Fr. Nektarios. Father knew and learned from the newly revealed Saint Porphyrios. We heard some wonderful stories about the saint, most...
I'm sitting in my home office on my "day off" (I know, funny, right?) looking over the scripture readings for the beginning of Great Lent. Setting up the subject lines and focusing in on the "one thing needful" in these passages to share with you! On my second screen...
