by Doug Hammack | Mar 8, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
We assign meaning to our possessions. They tell us who we are. They tell us about the value we assign to one another. How sick is that!? But we do it. Let’s think together about how this damages our lives, and what we might do about it. Have a listen, Doug...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 22, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
Thoughts create desires. Desires create actions. Actions create habits. Habits create lives. Disrupting this cycle when it does not serve us well is at the center of the ancient practices we call “the prayers of detachment.” Have a listen, Doug ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 15, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
Prayers of detachment slip easily into a religious-masochist-or-martyr vibe. I do harsh things to myself — in the hope of showing God how serious – or devout — or pious, I am. God, in turn bestows favor on me. How sick is that!? (But it’s how...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 8, 2015 | Message Audio, Prayer of Detachment
Today, we start the first of three lessons on rethinking prayer. This is an introductory lesson addressing the “why” of the prayers of detachment. It goes to freedom. The false self is like a booster rocket. It gets us to where we are — but it has to...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 1, 2015 | Message Audio, Rethinking Prayer
Most people I know have given up on praying–at least given up on prayer the way most Christians have been taught to pray. We continue this pretty lengthy lesson, reframing prayer in our minds, hoping that we can once again access this ancient life-breath of the...
