Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer
Faith Encouraged Ministries
Donate
Faith Encouraged Ministries

Blog

HomeAll PostsBlog
Close

The “Good” Wife

BlogApril 15, 2022224Views0Likes0Comments
My grandmother once told me "Son, a good woman is hard to find." The longer I live, the more I think that it's the fault of bad men that this saying may be accurate. But what does that even mean after all? Good according to what measure? Is it looks? We all know that physical…

Read More

Clear Headed Sobriety

BlogApril 14, 2022245Views0Likes0Comments
In my old law enforcement days, I served on the DUI Task Force in our local community. This was when Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) was just getting started and there was a real push to get impaired drivers off the road. We had to do extensive training on just how alcoholic beverages or any…

Read More

Don’t Be A Fool!

BlogApril 13, 2022220Views0Likes0Comments
"Smiling faces, smiling faces, sometimes, they don't tell the truth, smiling faces, smiling faces, tell lies, and I've got proof..." The Temptations did this song in 1971 and it's a favorite. But its message is all too familiar. Sometimes, a friend turns out to be no friend at all. Sometimes, the smiling mask someone wears…

Read More

A Birthday Request

BlogApril 11, 2022269Views0Likes0Comments
Dear Faithful Partners of Faith Encouraged Ministries, Every year we reach out to you to help us celebrate Fr. Barnabas' birthday during the month of April. This year he turns 62. Recently he told me these years approaching "retirement age" fill him with both hope and dread. Hope in the sense that the central desire of sharing…

Read More

Escaping Bad Choices

BlogApril 11, 2022311Views0Likes1Comment
Why is it I keep having to learn wisdom the hard way? I mean, it isn't like I haven't had wise men and women and friends who have offered wise counsel. I've seen how bad choices can really wreck a life and then I've watched myself make those SAME BAD CHOICES! What gives? Well, what gives…

Read More