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Giving Tuesday

BlogNovember 29, 20228Views0Likes0Comments
As we enter into the holiday season, I want to thank you and ask for your help. "Thank you" because of your faithful partnership since 2014 when we launched this Daily Devotional and we continue to see people's lives encouraged to be Orthodox on Purpose! And to ask you to renew your support for this media outreach. And…

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So Thankful

BlogNovember 25, 20228Views0Likes0Comments
Dear Friends of Faith Encouraged, Just a quick note to remind you about our Annual Support Campaign that's going on now, and focused on Giving Tuesday! When you support Faith Encouraged Ministries, you make notes like this possible! Please consider us in your Year-End giving. Just click the link below, and help make more messages like this…

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Here Comes The Bridegroom

BlogNovember 25, 20227Views0Likes0Comments
The notice I received had this heading: "Attention" as a Cultural Problem and the Possibilities of Education. It was a notice of a lecture being held at a major university and it certainly caught my attention. One of the most consistent messages in all the writings of the Fathers is the absolute need for attentiveness to…

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Today We Give Thanks!

BlogNovember 24, 20227Views0Likes0Comments
My daughter was having some challenges with her friends at school. There was a new group of girls that had invited her to become part of the group. They went shopping together and spent the night at one of the girl's houses. They were being typical teenagers and having a great time. Then, one of…

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So ThankFul!

BlogNovember 23, 20227Views0Likes0Comments
Dear Ones, The past year has seen our Ministry face some difficult choices and some renewed joy. Just like life, this work is blessed and challenged by the realities of life. And you have been such a blessing to us here at Faith Encouraged Ministries. I am so thankful to God for you! We saw some real…

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Do It Again, Daddy!

BlogNovember 23, 20228Views0Likes1Comment
Think of one (just one) foolish thing you did as a child. I remember one “project” I attempted as a single-digit-aged kid. I thought it would be “fun” to paint the basement of our house! The problem was I didn’t have enough paint to do all the walls. I didn’t have the right paintbrush to…

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Learn How To Die to Death!

BlogNovember 22, 202212Views0Likes2Comments
One of the most fundamental marks of maturity is the clear and unmistakable realization that actions have consequences. Ideas have consequences because they become actions. And avoiding consequences is always a sign of immaturity. No wonder our modern world is struggling, as it has always struggled, with the consequences of ideologies and actions. And we see…

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In Those Days…

BlogNovember 21, 20226Views0Likes3Comments
Today the Church celebrates the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple. Her parents, Joachim and Anna, were both elderly when God granted their prayer request for a child. And, as Hannah did for her miracle baby, Samuel, these precious parents took Mary to the Temple in gratitude for the answered prayer. And, just like Samuel,…

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