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

On not saying “no”

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

I think Andrew Thompson nails it. I know my own reluctance. I have always suspected that our fears of being personally responsible for telling anyone ‘no’ has led to our willingness to hand over the ordination process to a bureaucratic … Continue reading →

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Knowing that We Know

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Sunday School Questions – 1 John 2 part 1 NIV 1 John 2:3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. 4 The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what … Continue reading →

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Cutting the grass

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

My son’s much more the movie maker than I am. Here’s his latest.

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Beware! Watch out for this evil villain!

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Back when I was a kid we wandered the neighborhood far and wide. Sometimes my parents knew what I was doing, sometimes not. I certainly didn’t have them accompanying me on all my adventures. Today we worry about our kids. … Continue reading →

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Leadership Myths

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Here’s my article from this week’s church newsletter: Charge Conference comes around every year (ours is October 7). One of the duties of this meeting is to select leaders for the coming year. Here are some of the confusions I’ve … Continue reading →

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A Great Victory!

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

When I came home from vacation last week, I came home to a dead computer. I ran some tests and determined that the problem was with the power supply. So I called HP and ordered a new one. I’d never … Continue reading →

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Innovative Churches

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Tony Morgan asks what makes a church innovative. My response: The most innovative churches (or organizations) are those that employ the most discontinuous methods/practices/strategies to fulfill their mission. Therefore, some of the churches we judge “innovative” are simply so in … Continue reading →

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Emergent Rejection of Christianity? Not Quite

Posted on July 29, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Frank Pastore (who, according to the author info, has a graduate degree in philosophy of religion) has a stilted view of Christianity. In this weekend’s column – the second he’s written against the Emergent Movement – he says: If Christianity … Continue reading →

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We Didn’t Make It

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

It happened yet again – we didn’t make the list of America’s 50 Most Influential Churches.  Tim Stevens, on staff at one of the churches that did make the list, isn’t very excited. He thinks it’s mostly irrelevant. He says, … Continue reading →

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Study Questions for First John – Chapter 1

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

One of the classes I teach is doing an occasional study of I John. It’s occasional in the sense that these are the notes I leave for them when I have to be somewhere other than teaching the class. I … Continue reading →

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