Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

If you’re a parent in America today, you probably experience stress from a multitude of sources. Disciplining children (teaching them both what to do and what not to do) is difficult. Relating to your kids when they’re not talking to … Continue reading →

Pioneer sociologist of religion Max Weber wrote about the routinization of charisma in religious groups. A movement would start, led by a charismatic figure. Once the charismatic figure either passed beyond charisma or left the scene, the movement needed to … Continue reading →

The NFL needs to get over the mandatory marketing of coach’s clothing and permit Nolan to wear a suit if he so chooses.

One of my first clues that I am not a Baby Boomer was that I like music on a pipe organ. Sometime during my first couple of years in ministry I went to a workshop on “Reaching Baby Boomers” where … Continue reading →

Back during the 17th and 18th centuries there was a movement among certain intellectuals that posited an underlying religion (one might say “philosophy”) that underlay all other religions. In fact, this underlying religion was the true religion, uncorrupted by priestcraft … Continue reading →

As one who tries to pay attention to my words and the words of speakers around me, I live with quite a bit of frustration. I find that people often take me to be saying something I’m not. Though this … Continue reading →

I spent today observing the proceedings in a court of law. I have been a fan of almost every “lawyer show” television has produced, and this was like none of them. No one would watch a reality show that merely … Continue reading →

When you read the Psalms attributed to David you see a picture of a deep relationship with God. While we preachers often talk about loving and obeying God, David’s relationship goes so far as to approach complete openness. David openly … Continue reading →

Last night at Bible Study, I told the 15 or so in attendance that one of my goals on Wednesday nights is to convert them. No, I didn’t mean I think they are unbelievers in need of salvation. What I … Continue reading →

I first ran into William T. Cavanaugh’s work a few years ago with his article of revisionist history in Modern Theology (“A Fire Strong Enough to Consume the House”). I’ve just finished reading his Theopolitical Imagination (the first chapter of … Continue reading →