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Giving Tuesday Is Here! Will You Help?

BlogNovember 30, 2021462Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today is Giving Tuesday. This focus started several years ago to help us reorient ourselves away from the overly hyped shopping frenzy of the holiday season so we don't tumble into the sad prison of merely consuming! So Giving Tuesday has become a time where we donate to non-profits that are trying to do good…

That’s All I Can Stand; I Can’t Stand Anymore!

BlogNovember 29, 2021576Views 0Likes 0Comments

As a boy, I loved the old Popeye the Sailorman cartoons. Every afternoon, we’d come home from school and my grandmother would let us watch the Popeye Club on Channel 5. It seemed each episode would have the patient and good Popeye put up with some shenanigans from Bluto. But then Popeye would say his…

You Are Our Glory And Joy!

BlogNovember 26, 2021399Views 0Likes 0Comments

St. Basil said, "And so let us be glad and bear with patience everything the world throws at us, secure in the knowledge that it is then that we are most in the mind of God." What a true blessing to read and know, especially in a moment in human history when those who control the…

On This Thanksgiving Day

BlogNovember 25, 2021583Views 0Likes 0Comments

I hated what was coming and, what made it worse was, it was unavoidable. It was a confrontation with a supervisor that had been building for some time, and it wasn't going to be pretty. As he and I sat in the office of the consultant that the company had brought in to help several…

A Blessed Thanksgiving To All

BlogNovember 24, 2021393Views 0Likes 1Comment

From all of us at Faith Encouraged Ministries, Faith Encouraged TV, and Faith Encouraged Daily Devotionals, may the God of Loving Grace keep you and your family during this Thanksgiving Holiday. Remember that Fr. Alexander Schmemann once said: "Everyone capable of Thanksgiving is capable of salvation and eternal joy!" We are SO THANKFUL for YOU! (And…

Being Grateful Makes You Strong

BlogNovember 24, 2021387Views 0Likes 0Comments

St. Paisios said, “Sometimes the devil deceives us and makes us unable to be pleased with anything; however, one can celebrate all things in a spiritual manner, with doxology, and secure God’s constant blessing.” The older I get, the more I see the gratitude and the cultivation of gratitude that is the key to spiritual peace.…

Imitators Of Christ!

BlogNovember 23, 2021477Views 0Likes 0Comments

"Early is on time. On Time is late. Late is unacceptable!" These were my words, but they were coming out of my daughter's mouth! She was giving a friend of her's a hard time about being late to dance practice. We don't "do" "Greek time" or "Country time" or any other ethnic excuse for being…

My Slave, My Bishop!

BlogNovember 22, 2021430Views 0Likes 0Comments

The transformation in our world from a time when slavery was a “peculiar institution” to a time when the notion of “purchasing” a human being is unthinkable is nothing short of wonderful! And yet, human trafficking is still a very real crime in our modern world, even in our own “land of the free.” Look…

Salvation IS Violence!

BlogNovember 19, 2021553Views 0Likes 0Comments

Our modern world seems to run on violence. And it seems that every day the news is of more violence there and more violence here. From college campuses arguing over speech and “safe zones” and “trigger warnings” to the very real violence of terrorism all meant to disrupt and destroy. And can we even talk…

Are You Friendly?

BlogNovember 18, 2021341Views 0Likes 0Comments

"Daddy, I don't have any friends!" It was a heartbreaking moment in the life of my daughter's young life, and it broke my heart for her. She was learning a lesson that we all have to learn: "A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than…

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Giving Tuesday Is Here! Will You Help?

That’s All I Can Stand; I Can’t Stand Anymore!

You Are Our Glory And Joy!

On This Thanksgiving Day

A Blessed Thanksgiving To All

Being Grateful Makes You Strong

Imitators Of Christ!

My Slave, My Bishop!

Salvation IS Violence!

Are You Friendly?

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