Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

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About Richard Heyduck

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

How’s Your Love Life?

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

The bible tells us that “we love because he first loved us.” While it is common to summarize the Old Testament as presenting a God of judgment and the New Testament as a God of love, such a characterization is … Continue reading →

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Wanting It

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Dan Dick has another good post at United Methodeviations. Talking about growing a church, he observes that mainline churches tend to go after the same group of people over and over again. We have trouble moving beyond the middle class … Continue reading →

Posted in church growth, Evangelism, Worship | 1 Comment

Some Thoughts on Health Care “reform”

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

We want (a) excellent, high quality health care, (b) in a timely manner, (c) available to all,  (d) at a low cost. Each group seems to major on one point while assuming the others. I don’t see how all four … Continue reading →

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Public School & Public Health Care

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

My brother asks (well, actually he’s passing on Rachel’s question), “Why are people so in favor of public education yet opposed to public health care?” Here are my comments. To the degree that this is the case, I think it’s … Continue reading →

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Perfection

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I’m a perfectionist. But I’m not a perfectionist in every area. I’m also not a perfectionist with everyone. I insist on perfection from myself much more often (or so I think – if you know better, let me know) than … Continue reading →

Posted in Discipleship, Ministry, Perfectionism | 2 Comments

Clunkers

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

My cars don’t quite count as clunkers. Sure, all of them have over 100k miles. Sure, the newest of them is a 2000. Sure, the car I drive doesn’t get great mileage. But none of them are listed as clunkers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Current events, Economics | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in church growth, Ecclesiology, Leadership, Simple Church | 4 Comments

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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