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

Letter to a Pilgrim

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

One of the phrases I’ve heard all my life is “If you want it done right, do it yourself.” I’ve seen the truth of it in much of my life. What amazes me is that God doesn’t think that way. … Continue reading →

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A Dry Brook

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Today’s a normal Wednesday – prayer meeting & bible study in the morning (along with the requisite preparation), Rotary at noon, later picking up HRH at school, then cooking dinner since my wife will be running the church children’s program … Continue reading →

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Success in ministry

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Several years ago we had an after-school ministry for upper elementary aged children. By the time we stopped it, it looked like a whopping success. Our little small town church would have 40-50 kids, mostly not from our church, show … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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