Comments on: ★ Community: Stop Making Excuses http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/ 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 By: Nathan Hurlbert http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-41027 Nathan Hurlbert Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:22:11 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-41027 Todd, I came across your blog recently while looking up some info for my writing. Thanks for being fresh and honest. I find the ideas of Suburbia and how it relates to our Christian lives very fascinating. I have felt recently that maybe, just maybe, the American Dream is not something that Christians should strive for. While working hard and providing for our families is sound, getting in debt for more house, car, and stuff than I need for the sake of stuff is not sound. Community is key, and the early church in Acts is reflective of that. They did not pursue stuff for their own sakes, but rather for others. Enjoying the info here! ps: i have a MacBook, Apple rocks! I'm with ya on that one. Todd,

I came across your blog recently while looking up some info for my writing. Thanks for being fresh and honest. I find the ideas of Suburbia and how it relates to our Christian lives very fascinating. I have felt recently that maybe, just maybe, the American Dream is not something that Christians should strive for. While working hard and providing for our families is sound, getting in debt for more house, car, and stuff than I need for the sake of stuff is not sound. Community is key, and the early church in Acts is reflective of that. They did not pursue stuff for their own sakes, but rather for others.
Enjoying the info here!

ps: i have a MacBook, Apple rocks! I’m with ya on that one.

]]> By: Matt Wilson http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-40882 Matt Wilson Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:26:18 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-40882 Todd, Its been a while and a while since I took a look at the blog. Really encouraged by this. I did something simple for the past month and that was get rid of cable. This sounds like a small thing but my love for sports and watching sports took a huge it and became the thing I wanted to do after a day of work. What I have noticed though is my involvement in people's lives has increased (no I'm not just going over to people's homes to watch TV) but I am out doing things, going to more public places (coffee shops, local concerts, the YMCA, etc and meeting new people and talking with more people. I feel better about myself and more productive. Even a poker night at my house has come out from this and has brought out some really good conversations even with the little bit of time it has been going on. It was a simple act but has made a huge differences for me. hope things are going well. Love to catch up sometime with you and see how things are going.... Todd,

Its been a while and a while since I took a look at the blog.

Really encouraged by this. I did something simple for the past month and that was get rid of cable. This sounds like a small thing but my love for sports and watching sports took a huge it and became the thing I wanted to do after a day of work.

What I have noticed though is my involvement in people’s lives has increased (no I’m not just going over to people’s homes to watch TV) but I am out doing things, going to more public places (coffee shops, local concerts, the YMCA, etc and meeting new people and talking with more people. I feel better about myself and more productive. Even a poker night at my house has come out from this and has brought out some really good conversations even with the little bit of time it has been going on.

It was a simple act but has made a huge differences for me.

hope things are going well. Love to catch up sometime with you and see how things are going….

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-40855 Bonnie Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:11:53 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-40855 Hey, I DO read footers!!! Hahaha. Anyway, I'm a copywriter/editor and I noticed a typo in your footer - "But, if you do decided to use something off my website..." Note the "decideD." Also, I am linking to this post at the 2CJC Project blog...hopefully it'll come through right! http://2cjcproject.com/blog/2 Hey, I DO read footers!!! Hahaha. Anyway, I’m a copywriter/editor and I noticed a typo in your footer – “But, if you do decided to use something off my website…” Note the “decideD.”

Also, I am linking to this post at the 2CJC Project blog…hopefully it’ll come through right!

http://2cjcproject.com/blog/2

]]> By: Todd http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-40787 Todd Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:59:23 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-40787 Hey all, thanks for the feedback here. Good to know I am not alone on this one... Hey all, thanks for the feedback here. Good to know I am not alone on this one…

]]> By: Cody http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-40717 Cody Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:35:15 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-40717 I came across your blog while I was doing some sermon preparation and I really liked what you had to say about excuses. I'm the pastor of a small rural church in New Mexico, and it is so easy for me to make excuses about why certain things aren't happening with our congregation. It's easy to say that we are just to small or that our members are just to old-fashioned. But God has been telling me, that's just an excuse. He has called me to this place to minister and love on people, and the only thing keeping me from doing that is me. It's time to stop saying why this won't happen or this won't work, and time to start, well for lack of a better phrase, "get busy living". I came across your blog while I was doing some sermon preparation and I really liked what you had to say about excuses. I’m the pastor of a small rural church in New Mexico, and it is so easy for me to make excuses about why certain things aren’t happening with our congregation. It’s easy to say that we are just to small or that our members are just to old-fashioned. But God has been telling me, that’s just an excuse. He has called me to this place to minister and love on people, and the only thing keeping me from doing that is me. It’s time to stop saying why this won’t happen or this won’t work, and time to start, well for lack of a better phrase, “get busy living”.

]]> By: ryan http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-40710 ryan Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:28:53 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-40710 awesome Todd... just what I needed to hear today! thanks. hey and about making excuses, let's actually talk sometime soon! no more excuses from this end! awesome Todd… just what I needed to hear today! thanks. hey and about making excuses, let’s actually talk sometime soon! no more excuses from this end!

]]> By: grace http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/comment-page-1/#comment-40621 grace Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:02:35 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/community-stop-making-excuses/02/#comment-40621 Todd, I really appreciated this post. It was encouraging and inspiring to me. I love the fact that you invited people in spite of the fact that you might not have enough room. You are so right that it is always easy to come up with a list of excuses, but sometime we need to "just do it." Thanks for the kick in the pants. Todd,
I really appreciated this post. It was encouraging and inspiring to me. I love the fact that you invited people in spite of the fact that you might not have enough room. You are so right that it is always easy to come up with a list of excuses, but sometime we need to “just do it.” Thanks for the kick in the pants.

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