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Smoothed by Things That Scratch | When God Refines through Suffering

Martina Kreitzer — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:10:00 +0000

There is a kind of year you don't see coming. You only recognize it in the rearview. This is mine - and if you're in a sandpaper season of your own, I think you'll find yourself somewhere in it too.

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What the World Cup and Catholicism Have in Common

Martina Kreitzer — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:40:00 +0000

Something is happening at HEB and Dallas Stadium this summer that has nothing to do with soccer -- and everything to do with gratitude.

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Compiled & Coined | A Lexicon of Unnamed Thresholds

Martina Kreitzer — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:28:00 +0000

English has a word for the child who loses a parent. It has a word for the spouse left behind. It has no word for a parent who buries a child. No word for the woman who carried a child she never got to hold. We went looking for what was missing - and built what we found.

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If the Church Ain’t Cryin’, It’s Dyin’ | Creative Ways to Be a Good Pewmate

Martina Kreitzer — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:42:00 +0000

A Church without crying babies is a Church without a future. This post is for the young mother white-knuckling it through the Gloria, the veteran pewmate who has forgotten what it cost her to get here, and the priests who set the culture for everyone else. Practical tips, a little ribbing, and a whole lot of grace.

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Two Griefs, One Mercy | Miscarriage vs Abortion and What Women (and Men) Need

Martina Kreitzer — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Two women. Two griefs. One mercy - but not the same mercy. Whether you have lost a child to miscarriage or carry the weight of an abortion in silence, this post is written directly to you. Because the Church's mercy is wide enough for both griefs - and specific enough to meet each one honestly.

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The Soul Cannot Sustain the Split | Knowing Your Interior Life

Martina Kreitzer — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:11:00 +0000

Knowing your interior life means reading what the split is doing to your soul. A Catholic examination of the exhaustion, flatness, defensiveness, and dryness that the double life produces - and the mercy waiting on the other side of it.

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The Spiritual Wreckage of Public Performance With a Private Asterisk

Martina Kreitzer — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:17:00 +0000

There is a particular kind of spiritual exhaustion that comes from maintaining a public image your private life cannot fully sustain. The Spiritual Wreckage of Public Performance With a Private Asterisk examines the tension between outward faith presentation and inward spiritual fracture—and the quiet damage that happens when performance replaces integrity for too long.

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Holding Truth vs. Wielding Truth | Know What It Costs

Martina Kreitzer — Thu, 28 May 2026 10:19:00 +0000

Holding truth vs. wielding truth - one protects the people you love, the other protects your position. A Catholic mother's honest reckoning on faith, rigidity, and what the grip actually costs.

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Do Not Talk About Haters Club – Except We Absolutely Do

Martina Kreitzer — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Jesus never promised the faithful an easy reception from the world. He promised recognition—and sometimes hostility.

Do Not Talk About Haters Club – Except We Absolutely Do explores what Scripture actually says about opposition, persecution, and the strange confirmation that comes when faithfulness creates friction with a world determined to love its own. From John 15 to the Beatitudes, this post unpacks the difference between ego-driven criticism and the cost of genuine alignment with Christ.

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Insufficient Evidence • A Faith Worth Prosecuting

Martina Kreitzer — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:31:00 +0000

Could you be convicted of being a Christian? Not for what you believe privately - but for what your public life can actually prove. This post examines what a lukewarm Christian looks like, what the martyrs proved with their lives, and the question your calendar, your conversations, and your silence are already answering.

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