Todd Hiestand

Field Notes on Bi-Vocational Church Leadership in Suburban America

Archive for October, 2008

  • October 7, 2008

    A Few New Website Launches

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    I’ve been slaving away on a few websites.  A couple of them are done and a few of them are a few days away from launch.   But, I wanted to draw your attention to a few sites that I not only designed but also wholeheartedly recommend.  C4ML – Catlyst for Missional Leadership at Biblical Seminary This isn’t a new website but its one that I developed about 6 months or so ago and we refreshed and reworked the site layout a bit.  With a site so heavy on content, it’s often helpful to revisit the site a few months after launch to see what worked and what didn’t.  So, I spent a few hours yesterday reworking some stuff.  I like the results.  The site...Read More →

  • October 7, 2008

    Bowling for Mediocrity

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    I have never really liked bowling.  Well, I guess I have only kind of liked it.  It’s always been one of those things that constantly makes me want quit.  I can’t tell you how many times I leave one or two pins standing – no matter how hard I hit them, no matter how crazy they fly around down there after my ball violently strikes them.  I just can’t figure the secret of this game out.  I guess in some way that is okay because I figure, like most guys, that if you can’t hit them all down, you may as well hit them really hard. (I am sure it’s some kind of macho-man, dude thing).  If you ever turn on ESPN while there is...Read More →

  • October 3, 2008

    Patrick Lencioni on Leadership & the Financial Crisis

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    Patrick Lencioni gives his thoughts on the current financial crisis.

  • October 2, 2008

    2009 Ecclesia National Gathering

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      Most of you who regularly read my blog know that my church, The Well, is part of the Ecclesia Network. This network started from a small gathering of pastors that met in rural West Virginia starting in 2001. Those were great times of questions and learning as a bunch of us were trying to rediscover a way of thinking about faith, church, theology, etc. Since those days, we’ve grown a lot and met a bunch of other pastors who were working through similar questions. We formalized our friendship about a year and a half ago under the name The Ecclesia Network.   Anyways, its a great group of people and I’m honored to be a part of it. It’s been so helpful for a...Read More →