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

Singing with all your heart

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I could only understand a few of their words. Sure, part of my lack of understanding was that most of their songs were in French. But my poor hearing did the rest. Though I could understand few of their words, … Continue reading →

Posted in Texas Annual Conference, Worship, Youth Ministry | 3 Comments

Broken Heart

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

My heart is broken for the current generation of young people. This Sunday I get to speak at our community’s Baccalaureate service and will have an opportunity to share my heart with them. Since my son is graduating this year … Continue reading →

Posted in Current events, Local church, Ministry, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Youth Ministry | 2 Comments

Homeless Christians?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

My brother’s been blogging lately about the nexus between living as Christians and living in “our” broader culture. The brings to mind what Tony Jones wrote about the “Hauerwasian Mafia” a while back. Here are some of my (brief) thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Politics | 8 Comments

Cross Cultural Ministry in the US

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Guy Williams has been blogging lately about ministry in the United Methodist Church, particularly on itineracy and matching churches and pastors. David Brooks’ column today sheds some light on the phenomena we’re seeing, particularly the gap between urban, suburban and … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership, Local church, Ministry, United Methodism | 4 Comments

Stress and Conversion

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

My brother has been blogging about conversion lately. Today he posted on conversion and stress. Here are my initial thoughts: Part of the difficulty is assuming we know what we’re talking about, when what we have are, in fact, abstractions. … Continue reading →

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Misery loves company?

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

The United Methodist Church has been in at least numerical decline for a generation. Here in the South we look at Baptist churches with envy, since they’re usually bigger, richer, and more powerful than ours. When we hear about denominational … Continue reading →

Posted in church growth, Evangelism | 5 Comments

The Price of Success?

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Is it our national ECDD program (“Every Child Dumbed Down,” more commonly known as “No Child Left Behind”) that has warped our children to equate success with getting the right answers on a test? Or did the attitude precede that … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 2 Comments

Criticizing My Baby

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

My children range in age from almost teenage to over twenty. My baby, however, was conceived in the early 1980s, first came to light in 1998, and went public in 2002. Here’s a picture of my baby: Haven’t seen many … Continue reading →

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Stepping Out

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’ve taught on spiritual gifts many times over the past twenty years. One of the tools commonly used in such teaching is what we call a “Spiritual Gifts Inventory.”(Here’s a sample of an online inventory.) The theory is that by … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry, Spirituality | 1 Comment

Sharing Jesus

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Spengler writes in his column in the Asia Times, in response to the conversion of journalist Magdi Allam from Islam to Catholic Christianity: Muslim traditional society cannot withstand the depredations of globalized culture, and radical Islam arises from a despairing … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Qaeda, Clash of Civilizations, Current events, Evangelism, Globalization, Islam | 1 Comment