Todd Hiestand

Hmm…the Cubs have won 6 straight. Why do they do this to me?

This weekend we are hosting a fashion, art and justice show at The Well. This is the second time we have hosted a fashion show. Last year we did the same thing and ended up with about 250 people in our space and I would guess that 85% of them weren’t from our [...]

For some reason my area is the home of stupid church signs. I use the word stupid in many different ways and thus have formulated my own simply four level “Stupid-Ranking System”:
“Stupid-Funny.”
These are the signs that are stupid but they are actually kinda clever, funny and even harmless.
“Stupid-Stupid”
These are the signs that [...]

This is a great video from a Mark and Beth Licitra who are part of our church….

I am studying a bit for my sermon next week (yes, I am working ahead!).  I am preaching on Romans 12 which we have been looking together each week during our worship gatherings. Which, by the way, has been an amazing practice. We’ve basically been taking about 5-10 minutes and reading and discussing sections of [...]

I went to go and fix the menu on The Well’s website late last night and ended up pretty much giving the entire site a face lift. So, what started as a 10 minute project turned into a two and a half hour late-night redesign.
The beauty of the process was that with CSSEdit (a program [...]

Take the parting thoughts of my friend Tom Ward to heart. He writes…

One of my greatest disappointments with blogging has been the inordinate amount of attention that I and countless others have spent denigrating men and women with whom we have no direct relationship. I’ve spoken ill of Mark Driscoll, a man I’ve never [...]

I received a copy of Earl Creps’ book “Off Road Disciplines” a while back and am working my way slowly through it (not because it is such a hard read, but because i am just slow). Even though i have read most of the the missional leadership books out there, I have [...]

Melanie and Cole and I are back from vacation in Minnesota. We went to one of my best friend’s wedding and hung out with Brad Jackson and his family for a few days(Brad and I pastored together at The Well for about 6 years before he moved to Minnesota with his family).
It was a great [...]

Melanie, Cole and I are headed out of town on vacation for the next week. It promises to be an incredible week as we are primarily going to participate in my best friend’s wedding. I’ve known Chad since third grade. He moved to our area when his dad started as pastor at our [...]

I have updated my web design portfolio a bit. Actually, I just listed the sites I have worked on and put up a featured site on this blog. I have found one of the hardest things to do is actually keep my design site current and relevant. I kind of feel like [...]

This morning in the shower…I got inspired. This is the first time I have ever taken a razor to my head before and I have to tell you, it feels amazing. I only cut myself three times, which I think is a fairly good success rate for the first time.
Oh, sorry mom. [...]