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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

A Balanced Life?

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

A balanced life is something we think a good thing. But what do we mean by “balance?” If you listen to the Catalyst podcast you may have heard Erwin McManus talk about balance (I don’t remember if it was episode … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Goals #5

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Evangelism, the apparent traditional equivalent of what we now call “Radical Hospitality” closes out this series on the characteristics we try to build into the lives of disciples in our work of disciple making. This equation may be my least … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Goals #5

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Our conference talks about Risk Taking Ministry. As a pastor I’d be happy if all my people were involved in any kind of ministry. In my life the genre of literature that has most spurred me to risk taking ministry … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Goals #4

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Stewardship seems like a word for old timers. Now we have Extravagant Generosity. The subject is the same: God has put resources at our disposal and holds us accountable for their use. When our lives are dominated by fear – … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Goals #3

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

The Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations movement, as exemplified in our Texas Annual Conference, speaks of the practice of “Faith Forming Relationships.” I served on the conference committee tasked with this area after the reorganization. As far as I could … Continue reading →

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Dealing with societal corruption

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

In our prayer meeting yesterday one of the folks mentioned the barrage of corruption news lately. I knew where she was coming from. Companies, investment firms, political leaders – we were hearing of corruption in all these (and other) categories. … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Goals #2

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

It’s easy to center the act of disciple making on what we do with individuals. But if all we do in our disciple making is work with individuals, we’re missing both the model of Jesus and what we see in … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Goals #1

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

The mission of the United Methodist Church is to “Make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” Sounds good. But it’s pretty vague, especially given our fragmented theology. I thought it would be useful to explore in … Continue reading →

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A Difference

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

One of the books I’m reading now is John Stackhouse’s Making the Best of It: Following Christ in the Real World. He quotes David Martin as saying, “If I wanted to dramatize it I would point out that Mohammed was … Continue reading →

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Is it good to tell the truth?

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

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