by Doug Hammack | Feb 28, 2018 | Message Audio, Resilience
Pain is not bad. Pain is just painful. And with pain being an inevitable part of the human experience, discover how you might not “waste” it by simply cursing the darkness but rather use it to build resilience and light a candle in the darkness. ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 20, 2018 | Message Audio, Restitching the Torn Fabric of Community
In our Western, individualistic society, duty has become a dirty word. We all benefit when we step into our full story of ourselves as both one and one of many, and the virtue of duty becomes the natural outflow of our shared mindset. ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 13, 2018 | Message Audio, Restitching the Torn Fabric of Community
We are relational beings. Our overly exuberant, Western reverence for individualism has become toxic, leaving us to believe we must shoulder the world alone. Broaden our well-being concerns beyond “me, my and mine,” and counter-intuitively, each of us...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 5, 2018 | Message Audio, Restitching the Torn Fabric of Community
Moving from pseudo-community (well-mannered, polite), to authentic community takes intention, discipline, and skill. Creating an environment where authentic community can flourish is essential work of the church. This year, we will refocus on this intention so that we...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 24, 2018 | Advent, Message Audio
When bad things happen, the story we tell ourselves will determine whether hope is stirred or stymied. Hope lives when we see setbacks as temporary and one time events. Our tradition gives us tools to hold on to hope, particularly in the darkest of times. ...
