Author Archives: Richard Heyduck

By now you’ve seen pictures and heard reports of the destruction in Louisiana and Mississipi (and beyond). WWL reports that “Residents will probably be allowed back in town in a week, with identification only, but only to get essentials and … Continue reading →

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief) is always ready to jump in when disaster strikes. Hurricane Katrina is no exception. If you’d like to support their relief effort you can check in at their Website. Update: Here are a couple … Continue reading →

I crossed the narrow narthex from exterior door toward the sanctuary. That there were people other than myself in the narthex registered, but I took no notice. Then my hand made contact with the handle of the door to the … Continue reading →

I attended a city council meeting tonight. It opened with a public forum time during which interested citizens were invited to voice their opinions about the proposed property tax rate increase. I don’t recall the mayor also inviting questions, though … Continue reading →

You can listen to this week’s sermon, Learning From John Wesley: Holiness. I show from Scripture (main text: Colossians 3:1-17) why holiness is good for us and how it fits into the big picture of what God is doing in … Continue reading →

In today’s New York Times columnist David Brooks summarizes Andy Krepinevich’s approach to winning in Iraq. The basic idea is to build up areas of safety for civilians rather than going after the insurgents. Sound an awful lot like Lewis … Continue reading →

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit reports on an email from Frank Martin: The lesson to all small towns across America in regards to the internet is as clear as it was to small towns in the last century in regards to … Continue reading →

Bishop Will Willimon waps the self-help movement upside the head with the Gospel, seeing altogether too much SELF in much of it. His final comment: Hello, my name is Will and I am a preacher, addicted to the need to … Continue reading →

Many surveys of late have shown that teachers in higher ed tend to be overwhelmingly liberal (a prominent methodology is to compare political registration, which usually seems to run at least 10 to 1 toward the Democrats). K.C. Johnson at … Continue reading →

The next flight of Igniting Ministry ads are due out any time now. Here is the United Methodist News Service article. The UMC has paid good money for quality ads to be put together. Serious demographic research was done at … Continue reading →