Archive of "Life & family" Category
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Cole’s Golf Swing
I haven’t really taught Cole how to swing a club. He’s basically taught himself from watching the pro’s on TV.
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Hola! Send Us to Guatemala!
This summer we (both Melanie and I) will be heading to Guatemala City with ten other people from our church. From June 20-26 we will be serving some of the poorest people in the world in Central America’s largest slum …
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My Clan
Four good reasons why I haven’t been blogging as much lately:
I am sure I’ll resume sooner or later. Subscribe to the feed to find out when.
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Hiestand Boy Band
Mason has become quite the singer, this is him leading is brothers in some of his favorite songs.
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Peace on Earth. We Need it Now…
Sing the honest words of U2 in this song tonight as I process through the loss of a friend tonight.
Heaven on Earth, we need it now
I’m sick of all of this hanging around
Sick of sorrow, sick of the pain
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Teaching Your Kids about Giving To Others
Two weeks ago I posted on twitter that to be an activist without actually doing anything is hypocrisy. I was quoting a friend and I think the statement is meant to be a little overstated to make a point. …
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Happy Birthday Mason
Our son, Mason was born three years ago, appropriately, on Mischief Night. This kid has been in our house for 2 years and 2 months after we brought him home from …
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I Still Haven’t Found What I am Looking For – Reflections on U2 at Giants Stadium
Thursday morning I received a phone call at 5:10am from my dad. Being that my dad lives in Chicago it meant that he was calling me at 4:10am. That’s never a good phone call. …
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Lemonade International
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It’s Official: I’m Going Back to Starbucks
It’s hard to believe but I have been a pastor at The Well for about nine years now. In those years, I’ve served at The Well on a part-time-paid basis. This has been an intentional model for us as …
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I Should Write A Blog Post Soon.
But I can’t. I have a lot to say but just not enough time to say it.
In other news I am testing out a blog theme that i am designing for release. What do you think so far?
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A Short Introduction to NASCAR Fashion
Today, my son and I took a (now annual) trip to Dover, DE to see the NASCAR Nationwide Series race. It was a beautiful day and a great race. Since I had a zoom lens, I took the opportunity …
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The Natural: Cole Hiestand
At Bat: Cole Hiestand from Todd Hiestand on Vimeo.
Cole is 5 1/2 and has been hitting like this for about a year and a …
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Life with Three Kids
We have three kids in our house.
Three different personalities.
Three different temperaments.
One of them just sits there and sleeps most of the day.
The other two go back and forth between being best friends and wanting to kill each other.
The friends …
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Welcome Elliot James Hiestand
For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter or Facebook you might not have heard that we now have three kids. Elliot James Hiestand was born on Saturday at 12:59pm. As you can tell from the …
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Church as Family
In the next few weeks I’ll be a dad for the third time. This is kind of a strange thing and, despite the size of my beautiful wife’s belly, it hasn’t sank in quite yet. I keep …
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Social Networking for Dummies (Advanced Version)
So over Christmas this past year I spent some time trying to explain to my family how I spend use the different social networking websites out there. It took some time …
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God of the Moon and Stars
Eddie Gibbs introduced us to this amazing song and video at the Ecclesia conference. Its written by a dutch singer and I am not sure if his name. But, its a really moving video….
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Paying Attention to What’s in Front of Me
Those of you who visit my blog daily, whoever you are, may have noticed that I’m not posting as much as I had been recently. That’s on purpose. I’m doing my best to pay attention to the things …
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Thinking about 2009 – A More Disciplined Life
I’ve been processing things like resolutions and goals more than ever this year. I’ve been thinking through a lot of different things but the one I keep coming back to is my need for a more disciplined work week. It’s …
