Fr. Barnabas Powell of Faith Encouraged Ministries Thank you! Thank you for your love and support for our Faith Encouraged Daily Devotionals! It means the world to me and my volunteers that make Faith Encouraged Ministries possible. Your notes, your emails, your words of encouragement, and your financial support, keeps...
It was an old suit, but I loved it! It had both sentimental value and the added benefit of actually fitting me! But my dear bride said it had to go! Sure, it had a few stains but I thought they were hard to see. Yes, there was a...
Our "A Journey to Fullness" 16 part video series and workbook was launched on October 3rd of this year and I am so grateful to God for the initial reaction to the series. Here are some very kind comments from friends: I first started following Fr Barnabas' work a decade ago,...
Think about the word "Appropriate." What a powerful idea! If something or someone is "appropriate" then that thing or that person or that situation is laudatory, worthy of emulation, and creates a space where there is a sense of well being. In other words, the complete opposite of the...
Speaking at the "Bringing Orthodoxy to America" Conference I really like to write and I enjoy public speaking, but I had a hint of my tendency to wordiness when my first time in seminary produced a comment from one of my favorite professors. I had just finished a fairly intensive...
I've heard this all my life "God will provide." I remember hearing it when me and my brother and my mom were near poverty when I was young, and He did. I remember hearing it when I watched my family go through a shattering crisis, and He did. I...
He told me "Never say 'never.'" Of course, at the time I missed the humor in that contradictory command. But, still, there is wisdom there. Whenever I counsel couples or anyone having challenges in their relationships (aren't we all?), I tell them "Avoid the words 'always' and 'never.'" And...
Thank you for sharing this outreach tool! Bishop Athanasios of Kenya and Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco I am just back from the "Bringing Orthodoxy to America" Evangelism Conference in Portland, OR. This First Ever Evangelism Conference sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese from a generous grant from Leadership 100 brought...
"Count your blessings. Name them one by one. Count your many blessings, see what God has done." When I sang that old hymn as a boy, I wondered what it could mean. After all, how can you count your blessings. There are so many. All you'd do is count...
She said this to me with such painful expression. I had really let her down by wondering aloud if another one of our mutual friends was really going to follow through on what he promised to do. I can still hear the pain and disappointment in her voice "you...
