Priest Barnabas Powell

The Rev. Barnabas Powell also is a freelance writer who began his career at The Chieftain while pastor of Pueblo's St. Michael's Orthodox Church. He now lives in Washington state, and may be reached at barnabaspowell@yahoo.com.

“This is My Body” means “This is My Body!”

“This is My Body” means “This is My Body!”

07 September 2012

Priest Barnabas Powell

Translating Ancient Traditions Into Modern Language

Translating Ancient Traditions Into Modern Language

08 February 2012

Priest Barnabas Powell

A Different Take on Ideas of Sin and Repentance

A Different Take on Ideas of Sin and Repentance

12 January 2012

Priest Barnabas Powell

The concept of sin carries much baggage in modern thought. Many associate it with guilt, with beating oneself up over things in the past, with the misguided control mechanisms of medieval ...

Appearances Often Hide Internal Pain

Appearances Often Hide Internal Pain

15 December 2011

Priest Barnabas Powell

You've no idea how hard it is to get into jail. I felt like a ball being batted around by an army of penal bureaucrats before finally finding the gatekeeper. My heart pounded as I waited across ...

It’s up to Christians to Undo the Damage Done

It’s up to Christians to Undo the Damage Done

11 October 2011

Priest Barnabas Powell

Christianity's reputation has taken a hit these days. We largely have the clergy to blame. Ongoing scandals financial and sexual, not to mention aberrations of historic proportions (like ...

Oh, the Challenges of Finding a Life Partner in Faith

Oh, the Challenges of Finding a Life Partner in Faith

22 July 2011

Priest Barnabas Powell

I had one question for the padre after my first Orthodox service: "What do I have to do to become a priest?” Rather than brushing off this 16-year-old, Father Michael offered two solid ...

Doubt is an Emptiness Only God Can Fill

Doubt is an Emptiness Only God Can Fill

01 May 2011

Priest Barnabas Powell

Dispensing with modernist baggage, I see in Thomas not some patron saint of eternal fence sitters, but an example of someone searching for the one thing needful: union with Christ. I see in Thomas ...

Some Thoughts on Heaven and the Real Hell

Some Thoughts on Heaven and the Real Hell

05 April 2011

Priest Barnabas Powell

Orthodox Worship Means Physical Participation, Eastward Orientation

19 October 2010

Priest Barnabas Powell

When I began attending an Orthodox church, one of the first things to catch my attention was the lack of pews. The facilities were still under construction, so I thought they simply hadn't been ...

Visit to Serbian Monastery Debunks Familiar Stereotype

23 June 2010

Priest Barnabas Powell

When you visit a nation that has been bombed and dismantled by your own country, you don't expect to be greeted with flowers. I feared that at least one Serb might deliberately do something to ...

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