Todd Hiestand

“I Give Hope to Man….”
Elron says this to Aragon in the Return of the King (in the LOR trilogy). Easily my favorite line from all three movies…

Brad, Conor and I just walked through another possible building for jericho today. It was awesome looking and really got us dreaming about the possibilities of ministry in a place like that. it was about 1000 sq/ft more than we were looking for, but the price is right and the set up is right [...]

I have been working on ways to provide people on our church community some direction as they get together in “spiritual friendships.” (for us, spiritual friendships are intentional relationships that are focused on encouraging and challanging each other as we live the Story of God…
I have traditionally hated the idea of “accountability” because in my [...]

Colossians 2:13 - When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your [...]

When i went to camp in Wisconsin as a kid, there was this running debate over whether we were supposed to call soft drinks “soda or “pop.” I, being from the Chicago area, called it “pop” while others, called it “soda.” I always wondered where those poeple lived…
finally, the mystery is revealed! …check [...]

These are my notes from my last message…take them for what they’re worth…

?Brokenness lets us feel that terror. When we admit, deeply and emotionally, that we cannot control what we most want, overwhelming horror sweeps into our soul. We feel nothing deeper. The dark night of the soul begins. We lower our head, retreat into the safety of aloneness, and wail in sheer [...]