The Annals of

  Saint Hekman   

Of all the venerable saints of the Christian faith, one of the least known is credited with the greatest miracles and stories.  Saint Hekman was born into a humble family in Utrecht, Holland at the end of the 12th century.   Growing up at the start of a new century was a time of great excitement for young Hekman, as he watched the world he knew grow and change before his very eyes.  Taking part in riots in Genoa to protest the inquisition, travelling on viking cruises to discover the New World and even getting jailed in an Alaskan mining town during the gold rush... young Hekman had a wild start to his life.

As he grew up, however (and likely due in no small part to the healthy influence from the CRC side of his family), his faith increased and blessings and miracles began to occur around him.    When he was still young he often watched his father filling up the horseless carriages from his own large fuel tank.  One day out of Christian piety he decided to help his father out by filling up the car himself.  Unfortunately, he used the garden hose and his father nearly had a fit when he found out.  But Hekman simply prayed and the water was turned to gasoline.  This was his first recorded miracle and it is said that if any Hekman makes the same mistake all he must do is pray for the same miracle.

On another occasion the Hekman family received a shipment of new chickens -- much too young for laying yet.  But when Saint Hekman showed up the chicks began to lay the largest eggs anyone had ever seen.  He sold the eggs at the farmer's market for a buck three-eighty apiece.

These and other miracles earned Hekman a canonization by Pope Gregory III in 1228.  More stories and poetry by Saint Hekman can be found at his home page.