Testimonials

“It has been my privilege to sit under  Freddy’s  teaching over the years, both in a class/seminar setting and in deeply personal conversations, where I have sensed the presence of God speaking directly to me through his words. Freddy is very smart, but when I experience his teaching, I’m drawn more to how he points me in the direction of the Savior than I am to his intellect. He has a way of allowing the work of God in his own life foster the work of God in me. 

His knowledge of Scripture is noteworthy, but his presentation of the God of the Scriptures through his caring demeanor and words of encouragement leave an impression that lasts far beyond the time spent together. This ability has been birthed through contemplative study of God’s Word and his own personal story of suffering and pain. 

Time spent under his tutelage, is well spent. I have benefitted greatly and am excited that others will get to experience Freddy’s Savior the way that I have, over the years, by hearing Freddy talk about Him.”

"I had the pleasure of sitting under the teaching and spiritual direction of Fred Feliciano for several years. During our time together it felt as if God’s “being with us” had become more than just a concept but a reality that I’ve come to cherish in my life. For the longest time I believed I knew God but He didn’t seem to care to know me. Through my experience under Fred’s teaching I had come to learn just how disconnected with God’s heart I was. God used Fred to reflect His heart and love to me as a “son” which was something I had always struggled to connect with. I know many often give testimonials, and they can seem too good to be true, but I’m speaking from my honest experience that God has given Fred a gift to reflect His heart to His children and I am forever grateful for him."   

"In the five years I was privileged to be a member of a spiritual formation community lead by Freddy Feliciano, I had the opportunity of experiencing a man

who leads by example, who teaches with words

empowered by the Holy Spirit and a mind surrendered to Truth, whose devotion to His Triune God has developed in him a deep passion to see lives more deeply transformed in Christlikeness. So whether by his inspiring teaching, his bold honesty,  his unquestionable transparency, his commitment to community, his dependency upon the Spirit’s movement, Freddy is a man one not only gets to know,

but to experience as the Spirit hovers both in and through him.My life has been both enriched and deeply challenged by the life of Freddy Feliciano, as both friend and spiritual director."

“Being able to meet with Fred for counseling/ spiritual direction over the years, has literally been life changing for me as he walks with me and guides me through a battlefield and myriad of false selves and into truth.  He offers me a safe place with his genuine humility and strength and acceptance of where I am.  As a master weaver of spaces for the Holy Spirit to work he invites the presence of God and at times I have experienced a piercing intimacy with the Lord that I have never felt before.  In his giftedness Fred sees what is good in me and when needed addresses the worst always with kindness.  Over time as I have experienced how he relates to me and how he speaks of others, I have come to know in a powerful way that he has been with God.  And that, of course, is his secret!  He has given me a picture by the way he relates of what a man looks like whose greatest passion and reality is to be with and walk with God.  That makes me want to be with God —makes me want to love well —which, in the end, is his greatest gift to me.”

"I have had the privilege of being a student and friend of Fred's for the last few years. Under his teaching I have come to learn that having an intimate relationship with God involves more than just reading scripture and understanding theological concepts. Before sitting under Fred's spiritual direction my understanding of Gods love for me was ambiguous at best. His understanding of spirituality opened my eyes to how deep and intimate my relationship with God could be. The idea that our all knowing and all powerful God also sits along side us and suffers with us is just one idea that I thought I understood, but it wasn’t until sitting under Fred's teaching that I began to truly understand the depth of how intimate my relationship with God could be."

Sitting under Fred’s teaching is deeply refreshing and different than a three point message and a nice practical application. Fred makes God’s word  come  alive in ways you’ve never thought  about. I witnessed retreat participants and graduate students lean in as he spoke. They pondered, wrestled, opened up and some even wept as Fred gently followed the Spirit’s lead meeting  listeners in their struggle with genuine care and curiosity. You might walk away with your circumstances being the same, but internally there is a hope that has been stirred.”