The Path OUT of Prison! "Well, you should have known better!" Oh how I hated hearing that from my mom. It was the tone in her voice as well as the words. You know the one. The tone that communicated disappointment, disapproval, AND frustration all at the same time! Oh,...
Effective Church Model – Program 1: Consensus Vision and Strategic Plan Join Bill Marianes on an All New Stewardship LIVE program Sunday night at 8 PM on AncientFaith.com/live! Bill will join his in studio producer and side kick, Fr. Barnabas, to talk about the 4 Essential Dimensions to a truly effective...
So much wisdom in the First Testament I have a habit of calling what many call "The Old Testament" the "First Testament." And I do that because too many in the Church treat the books in the front of our Bible as either unimportant or not as valuable as the New...
Faith IS Life St. Paul tells us today that "to live is Christ, and to die is gain." I confess, every time I read this passage and contemplate this phrase, it always drives me to reconsider my own life. Can I really say this along with Paul? Of course, the answer...
Enmeshed or healthy relationship? Or a bit of both? What is it about close relationships that either blind you or enlighten you? What I mean is, I've known folks who were so close to someone else that they were absolutely blind to that other person's faults. I've seen it get...
Every time I hear the word "excellent" I think of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons and it makes me smile. Or, I can go back down memory lane in my mind to "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." Either way, that word has a way of triggering several nostalgic images...
Earlier this month, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese office of Outreach and Evangelism hosted the first ever national Conference on Evangelism in Portland, OR at St. John the Baptist parish. This well attended conference focused on issues of Orthodox outreach in our modern society. Now you can see every presentation from...
What are you SURE of? "You sure are sure of yourself." She said it like it was a bad thing to be confident and act on that confidence. And it really confused me, until a wiser man pulled me off to the side and told me that confident people make...
We just finished recording our daily devotionals through the end of the month, and Fr. Barnabas is glad to be back! Did you miss the devotionals? We love doing this ministry, but it can be difficult at times with father's busy schedule. That's why we are doing again our annual...
All the outreach videos from A Journey to Fullness are available by download at our Vimeo site! Just click the link and download them individually or as a set! [vimeo 182098369 w=640 h=360] <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/182098369">Journey to Fullness</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/ancientfaith">Ancient Faith Ministries</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
