http://www.toddhiestand.com/am-i-agent-smith/05/ Field Notes on Bi-Vocational Church Leadership in Suburban America Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.toddhiestand.com/am-i-agent-smith/05/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 Todd Fri, 20 May 2005 14:53:41 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=209#comment-1352 Ryan, thanks for your thoughts. i will be excited to hear how your move to LA goes. We'll miss having you close...too bad we never were able to play that round of golf together! i am sure we'll connect in some way or another... Ryan, thanks for your thoughts. i will be excited to hear how your move to LA goes. We’ll miss having you close…too bad we never were able to play that round of golf together! i am sure we’ll connect in some way or another…

]]> http://www.toddhiestand.com/am-i-agent-smith/05/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Ryan Bell Sun, 08 May 2005 14:29:11 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=209#comment-1348 Todd, Great post and thanks for the book reference. It's in my wish list (along with 100+ odd other books! ...so little time). This is one of the main reasons my wife and I just accepted a call to leave the suburbs and live in the second largest city in the country. We just found an apartment in Hollywood, just a few blocks from the church. The whole thing is exhillerating and terrifying all at the same time. However, my first instinct, after apartment hunting for 12hours a day for 4 solid days is this: I think the urban landscape is nearly as fragmented and individualized as the suburban. Modernity has complete hegemony, it seems to me. It may be a fictional ideal that the city has built in "community." My suspicion that community must be developed by God's Spirit even in the city. I guess we'll see... Todd,
Great post and thanks for the book reference. It’s in my wish list (along with 100+ odd other books! …so little time). This is one of the main reasons my wife and I just accepted a call to leave the suburbs and live in the second largest city in the country. We just found an apartment in Hollywood, just a few blocks from the church. The whole thing is exhillerating and terrifying all at the same time. However, my first instinct, after apartment hunting for 12hours a day for 4 solid days is this: I think the urban landscape is nearly as fragmented and individualized as the suburban. Modernity has complete hegemony, it seems to me. It may be a fictional ideal that the city has built in “community.” My suspicion that community must be developed by God’s Spirit even in the city. I guess we’ll see…

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