by Doug Hammack | Oct 11, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
This lesson is about staying engaged in the present moment. It is about not borrowing regrets from the past — or anxiety from the future. But sometimes we don’t borrow regret or anxiety — we borrow relief, or respite. In our painful moments, it is...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 27, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
Before you dismiss the idea of time not being the solid thing we all live in – you should hear what philosophers and physicists have to say. If time really is a persistent illusion in which we all live — what Jesus said about staying in the present moment...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 20, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
“Staying present to the moment.” It’s a buzz-phrase in contemplative circles these days. But what does it mean? Does it mean we don’t plan our futures? Does it mean we don’t interpret our pasts? If so, we’re pretty much out of luck....
by Doug Hammack | Sep 13, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
We took a break in August, from our lesson series on rethinking prayer (lots of change going on in our community). Today we return. In this lesson, we rehearse some context — why prayers of detachment are so valuable on the spiritual journey. We give this...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 6, 2015 | Message Audio, The Move
Last week we had a community vote to leave our denomination. It was a gutsy thing for the community to do, because in the denomination we were part, the local church doesn’t own the church building. We will be renting back the building for a while, but...
