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Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

by Doug Hammack | Feb 28, 2021 | adapt or die: how change happens, Message Audio

But… gotta fail the right way. Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/02-28-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
The Enneagram and the 23rd Psalm

The Enneagram and the 23rd Psalm

by Robin Camu | Feb 21, 2021 | Enneagram, Message Audio

Restored souls — can handle life when it gets disorienting, gets paradoxical. Have a listen https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/02-21-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

Gentleness Works. Harshness, Not So Much (3)

by Doug Hammack | Feb 14, 2021 | adapt or die: how change happens, Message Audio

https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/02-14-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

Gentleness Works. Harshness, Not So Much (2)

by Doug Hammack | Feb 7, 2021 | adapt or die: how change happens, Message Audio

https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/02-07-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

Gentleness Works. Harshness, Not So Much (1)

by Doug Hammack | Jan 31, 2021 | adapt or die: how change happens, Message Audio

https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/01-31-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

How Change Happens. NOT Negative Emotion!

by Doug Hammack | Jan 24, 2021 | adapt or die: how change happens, Message Audio

I wish somebody had told me that, twenty years ago! https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/01-24-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Want to Make Big Change? FAIL! (it works!)

Adapt or Die: How Change Happens (and Doesn’t)

by Doug Hammack | Jan 17, 2021 | adapt or die: how change happens, Message Audio

https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/01-17-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (2)

The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (2)

by Doug Hammack | Jan 10, 2021 | Message Audio, New Year

https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/01-10-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (2)

The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (1)

by Doug Hammack | Jan 3, 2021 | Message Audio, New Year

Following up on our New Year lesson — let’s talk about how the deeper changes in life, and in history, happen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2021/01-03-21_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
The Biggest Changes—Always Start In Our Heads (2)

Teach Us To Number Our Days (2020)

by Doug Hammack | Dec 27, 2020 | Message Audio, New Year

Nope. We don’t do New Year resolutions any more. But, is there a way to invite change in our lives? Gain “hearts of wisdom.” Have a listen....
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)

Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)

by Doug Hammack | Dec 20, 2020 | Message Audio, Taking A Hit And Snapping Back

How do find hope in the dark times? Let’s get practical. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/12-20-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)

Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (4)

by Doug Hammack | Dec 13, 2020 | Message Audio, Taking A Hit And Snapping Back

2020! What a year! Damn! If ever we need to know how to take a hit and snap back, this is the year! Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/12-13-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)

Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (3)

by Doug Hammack | Dec 6, 2020 | Message Audio, Taking A Hit And Snapping Back

Hope can see light—even when it’s dark. For centuries, our tradition has used the winter equinox, the darkest day of the year, to remind us to look for light in the darkness. Hope is there, even as 1000 Americans die every day. Even as those we love suffer. That’s our...
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)

Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (2)

by Doug Hammack | Nov 22, 2020 | Inner Peace, Message Audio, Taking A Hit And Snapping Back

There’s an old saying. “Endurance beats enthusiasm every time.” I really hope 2021 is not as bad as 2020. But there will be troubles. And we will go through them. What endurance does for us, is minimize the collateral damage while we do. Have a listen....
Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (5)

Taking A Hit—And Snapping Back (1)

by Doug Hammack | Nov 16, 2020 | Message Audio, Taking A Hit And Snapping Back

Collectively, we’ve taken a pretty big hit. For some of us, it’s been insult added to injury—personal troubles on top of national troubles. Let’s talk about how we snap back....
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2

Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2

by Doug Hammack | Nov 8, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio

What would religion be like if you didn’t have to believe the right stuff to belong? Let’s talk about that.  https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/11-08-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2

Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 1

by Doug Hammack | Nov 1, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio

The Pharisees gave Jesus a lot of grief for trying to fix a religion that was clearly broken. Jesus. Seems good company to be in. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/11-01-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2

Giving Up Sugar-Daddy Religion (3)

by Doug Hammack | Oct 25, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio

Imagine God more broadly, and before long, we actually do consider the welfare of others as important as our own. Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/10-25-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2

Giving Up Sugar-Daddy Religion (2)

by Doug Hammack | Oct 18, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio

So if religion isn’t a sugar-daddy deal with God…  What is it? Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/10-18-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Can Organized Religion Be Fixed? Part 2

Giving Up Sugar-Daddy Religion (1)

by Doug Hammack | Oct 11, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio

Here’s another thing people hate about religion. Finding out late in the game, so many false promises! (Happened to me—Doug). Have a listen.   https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/10-11-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in...
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