Confessions of *Failure and Success

My Dad ordered the premium channels like HBO and Showtime this past week, with out knowing, so over the holiday I watched a lot of TV.

This is a question we all ask our selves when something breaks down.
Maybe it is our car, our job, our marriage, or our family.
Relationships are the hardest things for me to have break down. Communication is work, and it takes time to develop relationships.
Lately I have noticed a shift in the atmosphere, people are [...]

The story goes like this:
My mom and I are sitting at the bar and I lean over my shoulder and look to the right to see a couple in the corner sharing a drink. I would say they are in their thirties. The man is facing toward the entrance of the room, but [...]

Yes I go out with my Mom to really cool bistros I can not afford at this time. Partly because I can not afford the dinner and partly because i do not get a lot out of nice restaurants. With out the people I am with they seem kind of pointless.
In fact a [...]

Every time One Village Coffee the company I represent has a hard month selling coffee I get down. I ask questions like, can I do it?
You see in the past three months I have accepted the role of the sales manager and primary sales rep for OVC. For the longest time I have [...]

Ok here is how it goes:
I get a call on the phone, “What you are saying on your blog is important, but i do not think people read it because it is to ugly.” I love honest friends.
So what does, www.toddhiestand.com do, that’s right he makes me a new blog. I can honestly [...]

That is probably why I do not listen to many sermons.
Recently a friend was asking me about my community group, in fact I have spent a lot of time talking about this group this past week. The Livingroom is the intentional community I have participated in for the past two years. Here is [...]

Because I wanted to be one since I was thirteen.
I had all the experiences of being “called” at a very young age, I went to the right schools and was mentored by the right people.
Now I have a new respect and perspective on the role of the pastor.
I think it is one of the [...]

My life is changing,I have more of a belly.My hair is thinning,I care less about clothes.
People are separation,Isolation is becoming easy.Winter is coming,Depression is setting in.
Friends are situational,Alliances are being formed.Disappointment is evident,Relationships will never be the same.
I want to start having children,My life is to stressful.I want to sleep good at night,My mind wont [...]

What if we started every Christian meeting with, “Hello my name is… and I am a human being,”
I think the institutional church would be a different place.
A confession:
It has been hard for me to write for the past month:
The very reason I write is what keeps me from writing. I need to write when [...]