Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

Our Final Night in Nashville for the NYWC. Heard a group called Lost and Found tonight. They are a band that is funny, edgy, witty, and, did I mention musical. They mentioned that they have been together for 14 years … Continue reading →

The Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church met in special session at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center today. After approving the Chartering Resolution, the Conference delegates readily approved the “Supporting” and “Implementing” Resolutions. Here’s the text of these six … Continue reading →

I am in Nashville for the weekend, at Youth Specialities National Youth Worker’s Convention. I am a first timer, but this won’t be my last time. Oddly, just after I sat down in the little turbo-prop puddle-jumper on which my … Continue reading →

Sometimes I hear folks who think that dissent is part of the Great American Tradition. We hear it in politics – whether the issue is taxes, abortion or war. If we stifle dissent for the sake of national security or … Continue reading →

At the recommendation of an aquaintance, I picked up Christianity and the Postmodern Turn Myron Penner, ed. I am not linking this to Amazon or anything else, because I don’t care to help you find it. This collection of essays … Continue reading →

North Korea is known for being one of the most backward and horrible places to live. Misruled by megalomaniacs for over half a century, they routinely starve their own people to death so they can build a bigger army. The … Continue reading →

Las Cruces is in trouble. At least a couple of the Lawyers WIthout Nothing Better to Do have decided to waste some tax money pursuing justice for the beleagured non-Christians in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The city’s logo is three … Continue reading →

Over at Locusts & Honey John has a post about the acceptable range of dissent in the United Methodist Church. In the comments section David says, “I’m not sure why someone would want to be a United Methodist if s/he … Continue reading →

The called session of the Texas Annual Conference is this Saturday at Lakeview. The Pre-Conference Journal highlights several themes that make up the proposals from the Strategic Mapping Team. I’m enclosing my comments in brackets[]. GOAL – Lead congregations to … Continue reading →

If you’d like to read the whole report (the Pre-Conference Journal for the upcoming special session) you can find it on the Texas Conference website. In my previous posts on this proposal I highlighted the positive reasons for making this … Continue reading →