_edited.png)
The Gift of Instability
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve faced situations that, although in the moment felt like there could be no good outcome, God always...
top of page
Search
tinaheinen
- Sep 16
- 2 min
The Truth About Grief
No one told me the 14th year of grief might be one of the heaviest. What a random year. I really can't put my finger on why. Maybe...
123 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Aug 28
- 3 min
DIY Intaglio Framing- Part 1: On Glass
So, you've gotten your order of beautifully crafted unframed Catholic intaglios and you're ready to display them in your home... now...
201 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- May 13
- 3 min
The Story of How Our Lady of Fatima Promised Us Our Son, Pt. 2
Part 2: The Miraculous Message So here's where Fatima comes into the story... Infertility is full of ups and downs. On the more difficult...
272 views3 comments
tinaheinen
- May 12
- 4 min
The Story of How Our Lady of Fatima Promised Us Our Son, Pt. 1
Part 1: Infertility It’s taken me over a year to sit down and write this, but I couldn’t let this weekend go by without sharing our...
311 views3 comments
tinaheinen
- Sep 21, 2022
- 2 min
He Sought Them Out
“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got...
107 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Sep 9, 2022
- 2 min
Hopelessly Oblivious
While praying with the feast day we celebrated yesterday, something struck me. The Israelites had cried out to the Lord for centuries...
72 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
Do you trust that I am good?
Each time in my life that God has invited me into a deeper surrender, he has met me with patience. He knows I need reassurance before I’m...
95 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
Lord, To Whom Shall We Go
Jesus introduced his disciples to the Eucharist before Last Supper even began. In John 6 when addressing a crowd, he taught, "I am the...
63 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Apr 8, 2022
- 1 min
What is an "intaglio"?
Historically, “intaglios” refer to small hand-carved stones often depicting ancient Greek scenes, European architecture and mythology....
491 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Put It Back Down
It seemed like the 100th time I was on my knees giving it back to God. I knelt before the Blessed Sacrament and again turned it over to...
168 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Dec 24, 2021
- 2 min
The Next Room
Celebrating the holidays without someone you love is a mix of emotion. And it seems as though there are so many of us experiencing the...
53 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Dec 24, 2021
- 1 min
The Purifying Fire
“I will pour out the Holy Spirit upon all priests in the form of a purifying fire. Those who welcome that fire will emerge from it like...
8 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Nov 7, 2021
- 2 min
Empty Cup Contributions
If you were to ask a young mother at any given moment if her cup is full, I’m almost certain she would laugh in exhaustion. And yet she...
81 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
Do you understand what I have done for you?
In the readings from Palm Sunday, we heard about the people of Jerusalem laying down their palms in the street and glorifying Jesus'...
35 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Fence
The news from the Vatican this week concerning same sex marriage should come as no surprise to us. This has been the Church’s teaching...
66 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Where Were You?
The plague of our generation is not COVID-19. It is a plague of indifference. It is a lack of conviction that has slowly, but surely,...
55 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
He's Not Just Rebuilding, He's Redeeming
(reposted from August 2020) This year has not been easy, to say the least. Our country, our homes, our lives are in disarray. We look up...
65 views0 comments
tinaheinen
- Jul 11, 2020
- 2 min
Things At My Feet
Then Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to...
186 views2 comments
bottom of page