Julie Davis's Reviews > Introduction to the Devout Life

Good Story #51. Julie and Scott post a podcast discussion of Introduction to the Devout Life on the feast day of St. Francis de Sales. We swear we didn't plan it that way... what are the odds?

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I really liked this book and could see it being an annual read since so many of the points are good for everyday life. I'd say the weakest points, or perhaps simply those where the book shows its age, are in de Sales' many examples from natural history. It really lets the air out of an example when it is something like, "They say, Philothea, that bees hold onto pebbles to keep from being blown away in high winds ..." (my paraphrasing). I had to giggle. Not de Sales' fault since this was written in the early 1600s, but it would definitely take me an effort to regain the thread of conversation.

However, that is really the only point of the entire book which was a problem for me. The entire thing is excellent and if one wants an example that humans really haven't changed much over time, then this book is an excellent one. We may perhaps be coming full circle in a way since I could see many similarities between the ease and distractions of court life and our own privileged life in the U.S. of A.