Category Archives: Politics

Bumper Sticker “Thinking”

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Richard Heyduck

While it is easy to rouse emotions with a bumper sticker, it is more difficult to express intelligent thought. Yesterday I saw a bumper sticker that said, “Last Time We Mixed Politics and Religion People Got Burned at the Stake.” … Continue reading →

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My daughter is annoyed

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

I took my youngest child on a spring break trip to Washington. While there, the AIG bonus news was breaking (and breaking, and breaking) on every news outlet. She told me she was annoyed – more by the constant coverage … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Speech

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

Overall, I thought President Obama’s speech was good. I wish, though, that presidents wouldn’t feel the need to try to get biblical. While it shows that our cultural is not entirely secularized yet, they so seldom do theology or scripture … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Politics

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

This week the Democrats are going at it; next week the Republicans get their turn. When I think of individuals involved in politics, regardless of their affiliations, I can usually think of somethign positive about them. On the other hand, … Continue reading →

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Help on Patriotism

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’m working on a message about Jeremiah’s patriotism. I’d love your input on my theses thus far: Though the events of the bible took place in cultures very different from our own, we can still learn from them how we, … Continue reading →

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Atheism & Neo-Liberalism

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

In a recent interview on the rise of a “new” atheism, John Milbank observes: Post 9/11 has allowed the media to present the religion versus science story in ever cruder terms. Of course it’s highly significant that Christopher Hitchens also … Continue reading →

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Too obvious

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

The church in America is too easily understood by outsiders. How can any understanding be too easy? It’s too easy because it’s too easy to get the church wrong. Some people are quite sure that the church is a civic … Continue reading →

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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 →

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A Jealous God

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I just finished reading Akbar S. Ahmed’s Islam Under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post-Honor World, a book well worth reading. Ahmed attributes much of what we in the West see as extremism in the Muslim world as originating in … Continue reading →

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Better Seen than Heard

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

If you’re running for president, it’s better to be seen with a preacher, than for anyone to think you actually listen to one. This is especially true if the preacher looks like a preacher – the right vestments, the right … Continue reading →

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