Deacon Randy Haak articles
Jesus for the win! - 1.23.2022
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 3/02/22
We spend a lot of time watching sports teams. The most successful teams aren’t always the ones with the most superstars. Rather, many times the teams that work together and recognize that as teammates, each person has a specific role to play, have the most success. The team succeeds ... Read More »
Who Is “Coming” Into Your Life? - 12.5.2021
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 3/02/22
Who Is “Coming” Into Your Life?
The word “Advent” means “coming”, and for the Christian community this time of year, that means the coming of Jesus into our world. This year, perhaps more than any other year, focusing on Jesus in our world is both timely and necessary.
Our ... Read More »
Me Or Us? - 8/22/2021
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 3/02/22
Me or Us” is the focus of our readings this week, and it couldn’t be more timely. Too often today it seems that decisions are driven by our self-interest rather than our collective common good. Special interest groups seem to control our politicians. Health concerns over how to address ... Read More »
Faith in Action - 10.24.2021
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 3/02/22
Fortunately, most of us have never had to deal with the danger of a fire. At the same time, we are glad to know that if a fire broke out, the fire department is only a phone call away to help us. The key is that we only need ... Read More »
Peer Pressure - 9.12.2021
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 3/02/22
Each of us has experienced peer pressure at one time or another. It may be in the clothes we wear, the food we eat, or the kind of car we drive. Sometimes peer pressure can be deadly - when people use illegal drugs, take up smoking or vaping or ... Read More »
How Is Your Relationship?
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 3/02/22
How Is Your Relationship?
Most of us have been involved in a variety of relationships in our lives: with a spouse, parents, children, teachers, bosses, co-workers, a significant other. We are in those relationships for lots of different reasons – to learn, to make money, because we are born ... Read More »
Happy Father’s Day
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 6/25/21
Happy Father’s Day to all fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, godfathers, all of you play the role of father to a child. May God bless you today and always for what you have done and will do. Your job is not always easy, but it is vital to the lives of ... Read More »
Happy Mother’s Day
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 6/10/21
May 9, 2021
Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers, Grandmothers, Stepmothers and Godmothers - all of you play the role of mother to a child. May God bless you today and always for what you have done and will do. Your job is not always easy, but it does ... Read More »
Palm or Hammer – What’s In Your Hand?
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 6/10/21
March 28, 2021
This weekend we celebrate Palm/Passion Sunday, which shows the extremes in our relationship with Jesus. As we beginthe celebration this week, we see Jesus triumphantly entering into Jerusalem to shouts of “Hosanna, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” The crowd waves ... Read More »
FAITH LIKE JOB
Posted by Hillary Krahn on 6/10/21
Feb. 7, 2021
“So I have been assigned months of misery.”
Sounds like a familiar refrain of how we lived most of 2020 and into 2021. Yet these are words of Job from the first reading today, not a description of the world today. Job had lost everything – ... Read More »