Real Life Real Faith Archives

Staying in My Own Lane

By Merridith Frediani|2023-07-12T13:39:39-05:00Jul 14, 2023|Catholic Family, Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. “What concern of it is yours? You follow me.” (John 21:22) Jesus had [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2023-04-20T10:25:04-05:00Apr 20, 2023|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. It’s true that our time on earth is a tiny dot on the [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2023-01-17T10:59:14-06:00Jan 18, 2023|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. The Frediani family outside the gates of Bratislava Castle in Slovakia. (Submitted photo) [...]

Real Life. Real Faith. I want to gather every parent I know and yell, “YOU GUYS! THIS [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2022-09-02T12:56:09-05:00Sep 7, 2022|Catholic Family, Columns|

Real Life. Real Faith. “What gives?” my sister-in-law asked. “They packed themselves,” I replied. The kids were [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2022-03-16T08:39:57-05:00Mar 16, 2022|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. My opponent was fierce and formidable. As the conference defensive player of the [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2022-01-27T08:29:11-06:00Jan 28, 2022|Catholic Family, Columns|

Real Life. Real Faith. I love having teenagers. People often look at me as if I’m a [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-11-03T14:29:27-05:00Nov 5, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. I sat in a grade school gym on a winter Saturday afternoon. I [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-09-15T15:10:14-05:00Sep 17, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. I was chatting with a neighbor the other day and noticed that as [...]

By Merridith Frediani|2021-03-01T15:32:45-06:00Mar 2, 2021|Columns, Family|

Real Life. Real Faith. I was painting a bathroom and it was supremely gratifying. I stepped back [...]