Comments on: ★ The Challenge of Community in Suburbia http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/ 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: Servena http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-50587 Servena Thu, 05 May 2011 17:45:52 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-50587 Fell out of bed feeling down. This has bigrhetend my day! Fell out of bed feeling down. This has bigrhetend my day!

]]> By: neil http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42122 neil Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:06:10 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42122 Most intersting comments. I am currently working (at an early stage) on a book which is trying to develop a workable theology for the suburbs within an English context. Suburbs seem to be a spiritual desert. Would love to engage people in debate and discussion about a new theology for the suburbs. Neil Spencer, Liverpool , England Most intersting comments. I am currently working (at an early stage) on a book which is trying to develop a workable theology for the suburbs within an English context. Suburbs seem to be a spiritual desert. Would love to engage people in debate and discussion about a new theology for the suburbs.

Neil Spencer, Liverpool , England

]]> By: Christine Sine http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42083 Christine Sine Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:54:14 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42083 Todd, A great discussion. Very much appreciate this. Living in Suburbia is definitely the hardest place to practice community and even getting our head around the changes it means for our priorities is hard. Todd,
A great discussion. Very much appreciate this. Living in Suburbia is definitely the hardest place to practice community and even getting our head around the changes it means for our priorities is hard.

]]> By: Tom http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42067 Tom Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:56:28 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42067 I'm in, Todd. Can you move to Delaware? I’m in, Todd. Can you move to Delaware?

]]> By: Fortuitous Bouncing « man.of.depravity http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42066 Fortuitous Bouncing « man.of.depravity Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:45:09 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42066 [...] Hiestand understands the challenge to community within suburbia better than anyone I’ve [...] [...] Hiestand understands the challenge to community within suburbia better than anyone I’ve [...]

]]> By: david http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42060 david Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:27:36 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42060 todd, i'm not sure if you've already looked into cohousing as well, but i think it's a good option for those seeking sustainable, alternative means of communal living with a good balance of private space and shared space. typical suburban residential zoning could use a good injection of communal/new urbanist design, not to mention the potential to facilitate depth and witness as a missional community. i've blogged some about it here: http://wordful.wordpress.com/category/cohousing/ peace. todd, i’m not sure if you’ve already looked into cohousing as well, but i think it’s a good option for those seeking sustainable, alternative means of communal living with a good balance of private space and shared space.

typical suburban residential zoning could use a good injection of communal/new urbanist design, not to mention the potential to facilitate depth and witness as a missional community.

i’ve blogged some about it here:
http://wordful.wordpress.com/category/cohousing/

peace.

]]> By: links for 2008-09-18 | kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacín's blog http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42056 links for 2008-09-18 | kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacín's blog Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:56:45 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42056 [...] Todd Hiestand » The Challenge of Community in Suburbia » Missional Living in Suburban America (tags: community missional church intentional suburbia) [...] [...] Todd Hiestand » The Challenge of Community in Suburbia » Missional Living in Suburban America (tags: community missional church intentional suburbia) [...]

]]> By: In the Coracle » » links for 2008-09-18 http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42055 In the Coracle » » links for 2008-09-18 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:27:11 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42055 [...] Todd Hiestand » The Challenge of Community in Suburbia » Missional Living in Suburban America The biggest thing we have to continue to do as suburban Christians is to constantly ask the hard questions and constantly look for solutions / answers to the challenge before us. I think the answers aren’t the same for all times, all people and all places. Some seasons require some answers and other seasons of life demand others. (tags: missional suburbia) [...] [...] Todd Hiestand » The Challenge of Community in Suburbia » Missional Living in Suburban America The biggest thing we have to continue to do as suburban Christians is to constantly ask the hard questions and constantly look for solutions / answers to the challenge before us. I think the answers aren’t the same for all times, all people and all places. Some seasons require some answers and other seasons of life demand others. (tags: missional suburbia) [...]

]]> By: don gale http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42054 don gale Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:27:06 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42054 Todd, Good post. My wife, our 9-week-old daughter, and I have been living with another family for 5 months. They have a 10-month-old daughter and a 78-year-old grandma. It's been a blast. Great community. Great fellowship. It's very different from the typical suburban ideals. It has been hard, though. God will definitely stretch you in big ways. Why don't more people do this? I think it's because of our selfishness and thinking that we have to have our own space or stuff. Rewards never come cheap or easy. Sacrifices have to be made. Todd,
Good post. My wife, our 9-week-old daughter, and I have been living with another family for 5 months. They have a 10-month-old daughter and a 78-year-old grandma. It’s been a blast. Great community. Great fellowship. It’s very different from the typical suburban ideals. It has been hard, though. God will definitely stretch you in big ways.
Why don’t more people do this? I think it’s because of our selfishness and thinking that we have to have our own space or stuff. Rewards never come cheap or easy. Sacrifices have to be made.

]]> By: esther http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-challenge-of-community-in-suburbia/09/comment-page-1/#comment-42053 esther Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:29:03 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=1215#comment-42053 oh i had another thought on this that i forgot to share - something that we are doing as a community with 3 other families is a meal sharing deal. we each make enough of one dish to share between 5 families and then we swap. the "extra" meal we use as a give away meal to perhaps someone in our neighborhood or our wider circle of connection. we are loving this! it is fun to have new foods and it relieves the stress of cooking every day and there is a built in natural outreach...i highly recommend this concept. oh i had another thought on this that i forgot to share – something that we are doing as a community with 3 other families is a meal sharing deal. we each make enough of one dish to share between 5 families and then we swap. the “extra” meal we use as a give away meal to perhaps someone in our neighborhood or our wider circle of connection. we are loving this! it is fun to have new foods and it relieves the stress of cooking every day and there is a built in natural outreach…i highly recommend this concept.

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