Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

An idea for a Seminary Curriculum Engage with God. As long as seminary is just another degree producing experience, it’s perfectly understandable. But the Christian life is about walking in a love relationship with Jesus. As the seminary community experiences … Continue reading →

The United States is out of the World Baseball Classic. Did we make it further in the WBC than we did in Olympic hockey last month? Well, at least hockey isn’t an all-American, born and read here sport. So what … Continue reading →

I’ve just finished reading Kevin E. Martin’s The Myth of the 200 Barrier: How to Lead Through Transitional Growth. I’ll make other comments on the content of this book later. In this post, however, I’ll focus on what I found … Continue reading →

If socialized medicine works well, it’s surely someplace other than here. I’ve been in big city hospitals and small town hospitals and never seen anything this bad.

United Methodist schools attract all kinds of people. I remember that from my days at Southwestern University. We had the usual representation from mainstream Christian denominations: Baptists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Catholics, Pentecostals & Charismatics, etc. We also had Jews, Muslims, Buddhists … Continue reading →

I had my post op visit yesterday in Houston (everything’s fine). When I arrived in town I called to let my wife know I had made the 250 mile trip without incident. After our initial greetings she told me she … Continue reading →

I was looking for something to pick up and read a bit, and happened to notice my copy of Barth’s Evangelical Theology: An Introduction, which I probably hadn’t opened since seminary. I was pleased to find I had underlined sections … Continue reading →

I was privileged to be a part of the Central Texas Conference’s Mission Ministries Team meeting this past Saturday. One of the main purposes of this annual meeting is to go over the budget requests for all the various minsitry … Continue reading →

In the past few days I have heard several different people talk about how they have gotten used to watching television shows without the commercials. Between buying boxed sets on DVD and the DVR/TiVO revolution, more and more people are … Continue reading →

Learning from North Point, part 8 North Point’s fourth practice for effective ministry turns to the area of communication. “Teach Less for More” aims for simplicity in communication. The North Point guys (the ones who write the book and speak … Continue reading →