by Doug Hammack | Aug 9, 2015 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Jesus gave us a handful of really straightforward things to do… Love God. Love people. But as long as false identities define the “me” that I think I am, I’ll take off to follow those straightforward things — and screw them up badly. All...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 26, 2015 | Community Meeting, Message Audio
If you’re part of our community, you know that our denomination is deciding if they will ask us to leave. I (Doug) wrote a book that raised some red flags for them, so they’ll decide soon whether my credentials will be revoked. If that happens, our...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 19, 2015 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Organized religion has a bad name these days. And religious jargon has an even worse one. So when we hear religious words, we tend to glaze over and shut down. Unless we dig deeply enough to understand what they mean — and where the life and vitality was when...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 12, 2015 | Message Audio, Rethinking Prayer, Self Awareness Self Disclosure
We conclude this rather lengthy lesson on the prayer of confession — the prayer of self-awareness and self-disclosure with this epilogue. If you’ve seen a movie where the the priest finishes confession with an assignment, “say ten...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 5, 2015 | Message Audio, Rethinking Prayer, Self Awareness Self Disclosure
We can’t practice the prayer of self-awareness and self-disclosure we’ve been talking about these many weeks — without creating an environment that is safe for doing it. Today’s lesson is about the practical things we must have in place before...
