by Olivia | Apr 21, 2020 | HOLINESS
Reading Saint Francis de Sales is like a reverse fine wine: it gets better as we age. I first read his spiritual classic, An Introduction to the Devout Life, in a Christian Spirituality class I took while studying abroad. I was nineteen and traveling Europe with a...
by Olivia | Mar 8, 2018 | HOLINESS
I’ve dished before about why we think Pier Giorgio Frassati is awesome enough to make him the patron saint of our family and name our first-born after him. Even Fr. Robert Barron thinks he’s a baller. Another great thing about Frassati, like all good...
by Olivia | Apr 8, 2015 | HOLINESS
Like most little girls, growing up, I dreamed of the man I would marry. I imagined what he would look like, where he would be from, what he would like to do for fun, what sports he would play, what his family would be like, and how we would meet. Much like I currently...
by Olivia | Mar 11, 2015 | HOLINESS
When Dave and I decided to overhaul our life, one of my big personal goals was to tidy up the house every night before I went to bed. If George’s toys are put away, the kitchen sink is empty of dishes and its counters wiped down, the trash is taken out, and the...
by Olivia | Feb 9, 2015 | HOLINESS
Last week, I taught one of my favorite lessons during a small group gathering at church. It was all about forgiveness, in particular, God’s forgiveness of us. We talked all about God’s love and mercy. I stressed His unrelenting forgiveness even in the...
by Olivia | Jan 28, 2015 | HOLINESS
We have all heard the buzz. There was an uproar in Christian (and sane, reasonable, and logical) communities when the books became popular, and now the protestation is rampant again as the release of the first film approaches. Ah, 50 Shades of Grey. The book series...
