by Doug Hammack | Aug 14, 2016 | A Summer of Listening, Message Audio
We’re nearing the end of our “summer of listening.” We began this summer with the premise that when people set aside time for spiritual listening, one thing they have heard through the ages is the call to repair the earth. And it is clear to anyone...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 7, 2016 | A Summer of Listening, Message Audio
Jesus said it, not me! Hate your mother! Hate your father. But maybe that’s not the point. Maybe the point is being alert to the powerful pressure to conform — best exerted on us by our people — can keep us from discerning our ways forward. Yep. I...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 31, 2016 | A Summer of Listening, Message Audio
You have jerks in your life. Sure you do. But have you noticed that we usually have two categories of jerk around us? There are jerks that are “our” jerks, and those who are not. The one is not any jerkier than the other, but we somehow “get”...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 17, 2016 | A Summer of Listening, Message Audio
This summer, our community is setting aside time for the spiritual practices of listening. This summer our society is in upheaval. – Black Lives Matter, HB2, Dallas, Nice Divisions that have long simmered, are boiling over. Which makes listening critical. In...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 10, 2016 | A Summer of Listening, Message Audio
This is Doug. I’m writing about the lesson Robin gave this day. I’m writing because Robin would naturally be reluctant to promote her own lesson, and I think it was a very important framing lesson for the future of our community. It’s important...
