Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

About Richard Heyduck

Pastor of Hardy Memorial Methodist Church, a Global Methodist Congregation. PhD Fuller Seminary MDiv Asbury Seminary BA Southwestern University

“Liberal” & “Conservative”

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

Our special speaker at Annual Conference this year was Adam Hamilton, pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Overland Park, Kansas. In more than three hours of teaching he shared leadership strategies and tactics that have helped him grow his … Continue reading →

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Temporary Beauty

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In the mid-1950s First Methodist and First Baptist Churches in my town both had 50 year old buildings that were showing their age. Ministry styles had changed over that time and the buildings that suited the congregations at the turn … Continue reading →

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Grades in Church?

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

Back in the olden days, I did fairly well at school (in spite of avoiding my homework as often as possible). I valued making good grades. I set high standards for myself and tried to keep them, though high school … Continue reading →

Posted in Discipleship, Discipline, Spirituality | 4 Comments

The problem of judgment

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In Dependent Rational Animals Alasdair MacIntyre writes: In the context of particular practices we generally have no one else to rely on but those who are our expert coworkers, to make us aware both of our particular mistakes in this … Continue reading →

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Who is Easter for?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

I’ve had some people tell me Easter is a family holiday. All the relatives come to visit – or go to visit. There are gifts & treats for the kids. I get that. Family is a great thing. Doing things … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Jesus | 1 Comment

Honor and Respect

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

One of my ministry principles is to give as much honor and respect as possible to everyone. Some people happen to deserve it. Others, because they are given honor and respect, will come to deserve it. This honor and respect … Continue reading →

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Contending Views of Morality and Sociality

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

In After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre claims that moral theories are always tied to accounts of sociality. “Every moral philosophy offers explicitly or implicitly at least a partial conceptual analysis of the relationship of an agent to his or her reasons, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alasdair MacIntyre, Ethics | 2 Comments

JLo’s worship advice

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

The other night I happened to be reading in the living room while someone was watching American Idol. As some of you may know, after a person sings, the three judges comment on the effort. After one person sang (I … Continue reading →

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You Will Be Assimilated?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

Provoked by my current sermon series, Looking at Jesus, and reading Mark Noll and Bruce Hindmarsh’s retrospective on the life and scholarship of W.R. Ward in Books and Culture, I’m spurred to think about the current status of evangelicalism in … Continue reading →

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Liberty and the United Methodist Church

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Richard Heyduck

A while back I did a post that included a brief introduction to the concepts of positive and negative liberty. In that post I provided this illustration: When I have negative liberty it means that there are no outward constraints … Continue reading →

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