Monthly Archives: July 2009

Driven

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I’m reading, Dave Browning’s Deliberate Simplicity: How the Church Does More by Doing Less, one of the books I was given for my birthday. I’m only in the second chapter, so this post will be far short of a full … Continue reading →

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Camp Report

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

We arrived home from church camp yesterday afternoon. Some reflections: Working camp is hard work. It’s terribly hot. You work long hours -“lights out” (which doesn’t mean the kids fall asleep then) tends to be around midnight, with breakfast at … Continue reading →

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(Not so) Simple Church

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I read Thom Rainer’s Simple Church a few months ago. I liked his proposal of having a clear, simple model of making disciples that was shared by the whole congregation (“congregation” is that a Baptist like Rainer means by “church”) … Continue reading →

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A Couple Random Thoughts

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Facebook keeps asking me if I want to be a “fan of God.” If by “fan of God” it means “love God,” then I suppose being a “fan of God” is natural for a Christian. But put into a context … Continue reading →

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