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A Sunday Homily remembering the hero St. Joseph.
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
"Do You Love Me?
We wonder about so many situations in our lives, all meant to easing the fear of the future or the shame of the past. But, hearing the right question at…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
God Gives The Kingdom
What is God's desire for you? Nothing less than to make you capable of being His eternal companion in His everlasting Kingdom!
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
What Is Christmas Anyway?
It's the end of the world and we know it!
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Can You Resist Temptation?
First, you have to know yourself well enough to know where you're vulnerable. All of this takes patience, honesty, and the humility to admit you can't…
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How Do You Know?
It's a bigger question than just being able to "prove" something. It's about being honest about your own biases and your temptations to just repeat old…
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Flashy Or Faithful
We are so often distracted from the truth by spectacle and flashy rhetoric mean to drive us to anger or fear or even hatred. But the Faith insists this…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
A Faith Strong Enough To Share
The Faith is meant to reorient your life to eternal wisdom, and to help you avoid tripping up over temporary distractions. The soldier, the athelete…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Dead to Sin, Alive to God
The reorienting of my thoughts and perspective to the reality of new life in Jesus Christ is at the heart of a serious practice of Orthodox…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Sincere But Incomplete
It's good to be sincere. It's good to have good intentions. What isn't good is allowing these sentiments to be ends in themselves!
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Christ is Baptized! In The Jordan! So What?
Today is the Feast of Theophany, a feast that is as old as the celebration of the Resurrection. And today we reconnect with the moment that changed…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Training For The Imperishable Prize
Face it, you aren't going to get stronger without effort and resistance. Being baptized into Christ starts the journey, but we Orthodox don't do magic…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Are You Born Again?
That question has taken on such a deeper meaning to me now that I'm Orthodox. It is so much more than a moment in my life. It has become my life!
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
A Continually New You in the New Year
Maturity isn't instant. And Jesus Christ, God in the Flesh, makes Himself a participant in the stages of human maturity to offer you the strength to…
 • Fr. Barnabas Powell
Faith Encouraged
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Faith Encouraged newsletter is my spot to share how I see the cosmic connection of Orthodoxy to everyday life.
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