St. Theophan, the Recluse declares "The chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end, the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son...
We celebrate the anniversary of our Daily Devotional in earnest on January 5. After 8 years of this devotional being a widespread outreach of our ministry, we are thrilled to announce that our little work to share the holy scriptures with you daily has crossed the 1 million views...
The implications of this false idea are enormous! This notion that the Physical world and the Spiritual world are separate and disconnected causes all kinds of problems, and that is mainly because this idea is FALSE. The Physical world and the Spiritual world are ONE WORLD because Jesus bridges...
The answer to the Choas of life, personally and societally, is an Incarnate Christ rather than an opposing philosophy and theology. Centering my thinking, my choices, and my mindset on the Mystery of Jesus Christ. The Enfleshing of God heals the divide between the physical and the spiritual. And...
Well, this has never happened before! After all these years of doing this devotional, we are sticking with yesterday's passage again so we can unpack the power of this passage to set us up for some real spiritual growth and maturing in 2023! But be warned: Spiritual maturity takes a...
Happy New Year! At least that's my prayer for you on this first Monday of the new year. Of course, we Orthodox started our New Year back in September, so this secular change of the calendar is just one more step for us as we celebrate the Church Year...
Another year has passed. 2022 has been filled with challenges, I have to confess. The pandemic saw much of our financial support dry up (over half of our monthly support), and we had to revert back to an all-volunteer staff. We made the cuts we needed to but we...
A Special Message from Fr. Barnabas: Only 1 MORE DAY left to participate in the End of the Year Campaign and we are so close to our goal! While you're thinking about it, go to FaithEncouraged.org and click the Donate button and make this gift today, or click the...
A Special Message from Fr. Barnabas: The year is almost gone. The Feast is upon us and we celebrate the entire feast and prepare for the New Year. We here at Faith Encouraged are preparing for the New Year as well. Will you help us before the year is...
Christ is born! Glorify Him! On this 3rd day after Christmas, the Church calls us to remember what it costs to be a disciple of Jesus in the early years of the Faith. Today, we remember the 20,000 martyrs of Nicomedia. Yep, 20,000 at one time. This occurred in 303...
