by Doug Hammack | Oct 28, 2012 | Community in a Mid-Sized Church, Message Audio
Living in the Future-Perfect Tense. Yet another skill necessary if we would reweave the spiritual community so necessary for our souls to thrive. Here’s how it works. We live in Time-X. But the great hope of our tradition is a state of redemption and...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 22, 2012 | Message Audio, Service
“Service.” We continue looking at how service wears down and wears out the false-self beliefs we build our lives on. It’s a hassle, to be sure. However, it is a hassle the way eating salad is a hassle. We may prefer nachos and beer, but two things:...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 14, 2012 | Message Audio, Service
“Service.” One of the ancient skills necessary to live well in the environment in which our souls thrive. One of the ancient skills necessary to live in authentic spiritual community. But perhaps not for the reasons you might think. We come to the ancient...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 7, 2012 | Community in a Mid-Sized Church, Message Audio
“Confession.” That’s a word I hate to use because of the images I know it conjures up. If we grew up Catholic, we see images of boxes and priests telling us to say “hail-Mary’s.” If we grew up Protestant, we see ourselves telling...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 30, 2012 | Community in a Mid-Sized Church, Message Audio
It’s tough to put a name on skill #3 in this lesson… maybe “developing a tougher skin?” Maybe “being able to receive criticism?” No, neither of those are right. In fact, in this lesson I never give this skill a name. Probably...
