Author - Fr. Barnabas Powell

Tomorrow Night Hear News About Our Daily Devotionals!

Posted By Post Date: February 11, 2017

On the NEXT Faith Encouraged LIVE... Tomorrow night I want to give you a special invitation to listen to Faith Encouraged LIVE on AncientFaith,.com. My special guest will be Dr. Philip Mamalakis, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and author of the new book "Parenting...

This Sunday – Your Family Is Your GREATEST Investment

Posted By Post Date: February 9, 2017

This Sunday, Fr. Barnabas is joined by Dr. Philip Mamalakis, professor at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and they will discuss Dr. Mamalakis new book - Parenting Toward the Kingdom - Orthodox Christian Principles of Child Rearing. If you are a parent or grandparent and want to hear...

Just 2%!

Posted By Post Date: February 9, 2017

Did you know Faith Encouraged Ministries has over 8600 "friends" on our ministry Facebook pages? Here are our Facebook Pages: https://www.facebook.com/FrBarnabas/ https://www.facebook.com/faithencouragedlive/ https://www.facebook.com/OrthodoxOnPurpose/ That means that if only 2% of those "friends" who enjoy our media outreach each week were to becoming monthly Patrons at $20 per month, we'd raise over $40,000 a year...

A Small Way to Help in A Big Way

Posted By Post Date: February 7, 2017

Ever heard of Amazon.com? Yeah, I know, me too. Well, there is a small thing you can do to help Fr. Barnabas in a BIG WAY - leave a Review of Fr. Barnabas' book A Faith Encouraged! Just go to Amazon.com and look up A Faith Encouraged or click this link...

“I Hope To Hear From You Daily Again Soon.”

Posted By Post Date: February 6, 2017

But notes like this remind me why I need to do this: "I just wanted to email and say that I very much appreciate your daily devotionals. They're wonderful to start my day on the way to work. I hope to hear from you daily again soon!" The goal during this...

Once, And For ALL!


What is the significance of the phrase "not made with hands?" We see this in our lesson today and we even see an Orthodox ikon of the same name. You know the ikon I'm talking about. It is the ikon of the Lord's Face that the Lord sent to...

This IS NOT Goodbye (But It Is a Cry for HELP!) :-)

Posted By Post Date: February 2, 2017

Sharing Eternal Wisdom until the Whole World Knows! Dear Fellow Orthodox on Purpose! So many of you have been so kind to ask about the future of the Daily Devotionals! And it's important to me that you know this isn't "goodbye!" But it is a PAUSE to accomplish what I believe is...

3 Reason Why A Servant Departs in Peace!


Lord, now let Your servant depart in peace I love this quote from Jimi Hendrix: "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." It seems we hear a lot about peace and how to achieve it through human history, but it always seems to...

Walking On Sunshine (No, Those are Snakes!)


She was always cheery. It seemed no matter what, she had a smile on her face. I could count on some inspirational quote or some uplifting phrase every morning as we worked together. And then, the bottom fell out of her life. I watched as her smile began to...

Let NOT Your Heart Be Troubled!

Posted By Post Date: January 31, 2017

Father Barnabas, Bedtime won't be the same for my kids without you nightly scripture lessons.  Please include our address in your list to tell us what the changes to your site are. Can you also help us and let us know how to sync up your old podcasts to this year's...