Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:08:02 -0400WeeblyMon, 17 Jul 2023 01:04:09 GMThttps://www.hagiazo.net/blog/lets-get-started17 Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.
18 He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit,
And he who cares for his master will be honored.

• Proverbs 27:17-18

 
This page and blog are for the guys.  In the world we live in, the challenges we face and the failures we endure – we all need a way to come alongside and both celebrate and encourage each other.  It has long been on my heart to build out a community of the Raisch men (and us “grafted” into the family) so that we can build a community.   
 
When aunt Ruth got the family together a few years ago and wanted to remind us of the family history, I decided to do some digging.  I traced back John Raisch and Nancy Moon’s history and found that part of those lines went back before the revolutionary war.  It was fascinating.  Then I went back to my side of the family…and it was humbling.  Perhaps a future blog will feature some of the Streitmater/Costello indiscretions, but it is fair to say that dysfunction was a pretty standard term. 
 
I was very independent growing up—and that still folds into the way I look at life today.  Independence is not a healthy thing unless it is coupled with interdependence.  Sanctification is a team sport including God’s word, God’s Spirit and God’s people.  My prayer is that we plug in together, build an encouraging and growing community and do life as a group.  Please consider praying for the same.
 
Kirk
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