Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

As a parent of a child with Special Needs, I try to keep my eyes open for helpful resources. There is so much I don’t know how to do, that we need all the help we can get. This site … Continue reading →

Continuing a commentary on Steve Sjogren’s The Perfectly Imperfect Church…. The second path for struggling churches (see Sjogren’s definition in my first post in this series) involves worship – he calls it Upward. This chapter has some of his best … Continue reading →

In Steve Sjogren’s The Perfectly Imperfect Church, he identifies 13 paths a church travels to become perfectly imperfect. The first of these he calls, “Simple.” He thinks that the way we tend to do church is too complicated for most … Continue reading →

We usually take little things for granted – that’s why we clasify them as little things and not big things. In social contexts it can be really hard to tell whether something is big or little. Think no farther than … Continue reading →

This coming Sunday I’m preaching on “The Blessings of an Imperfect Church.” As part of my preparation I picked up a copy of Steve Sjogren’s book, The Perfectly Imperfect Church: Redefining the “Ideal” Church. I’ve enjoyed Sjogren’s books in the … Continue reading →

The Bible tells us that “the wages of sin is death.” That sounds pretty dangerous to me. One of the prevailing sins in our culture (and throughout the ages from what I can tell) is the way men deal with … Continue reading →

Everyone knows the preachers only work 1 day a week. When someone else is doing the preaching for us, we don’t even work that one day. People seem to think it’s easy for us. It sure isn’t for me. Last … Continue reading →

In today’s New York Times, David Brooks writes (requires registration) about the relative advantage (political) conservatives have vs. liberals by being so much more divided. I’m not sure this is entirely correct, though it does seem true that liberals value … Continue reading →

This is a long discussion about changing/reforming institutions, written from a secular – libertarian point of view. The author’s conclusion is that she simply doesn’t have enuogh information to decide whether gay marriage would be a good thing or not. … Continue reading →

Emily & Kelsey: Easter 2005 Originally uploaded by rheyduck. Our oldest daughter Emily met Kelsey while in school in Houston. They have been good buddies ever since. Emily is sad that Houston is so far away, and they only get … Continue reading →