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 |...
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...
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....
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....
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 |...
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 |...
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 |...
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 |...
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...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 4, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio
We’ve been talking about how religion divides us. But, when we get religion right, it does just the opposite. Kinda important these days.Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/10-04-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast:...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 27, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio
Ask anybody. Yep. Religion divides people. It’s a big problem — but one we can fix! Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/09-27-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 20, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio
That’s a problem we can fix. It takes some rethinking of the instincts that have betrayed us, but we can fix that! https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/09-20-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 13, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio
I (Doug) got a few emails after last Sunday’s lesson. “Damn, Doug. That’s what religion did to ME!” Well, it’s easy to only hate religion, but have a listen. There really is some baby in with that bathwash....
by Doug Hammack | Sep 6, 2020 | How We Broke Religion, Message Audio
Religion often does more harm than good. Damn! I hate that. Because it could be a powerful pathway toward healing—our souls, our world. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/09-06-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new...
by Robin Camu | Aug 30, 2020 | Enneagram, Message Audio
The Enneagram. A centerpiece of our curriculum for the soul — Working the Circle. Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/08-30-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 23, 2020 | Becoming People of Our Time, Message Audio
We continue last week’s exploration of how we turn our afflictive experiences from enemies that destroy us—to friends that enhance us. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/08-23-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 16, 2020 | Becoming People of Our Time, Message Audio
A bunch of days like that day lately, Right? They can make us better people. They can also make us terrible people. The former is better! Have a listen....
by Doug Hammack | Aug 9, 2020 | Becoming People of Our Time, Message Audio
We finish this section on tenacity, with one of the strengths of our community — how human beings change, grow, and develop. We’ve distilled the ancient spiritual practices to an easy-to-remember icon — “Working the Circle.” Have a...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 2, 2020 | Becoming People of Our Time, Message Audio
We’re talking about how carefully considered routines help us live tenaciously — long, sustained effort in the same direction. In the livestream notes last week, one commenter asked in essence, “So yeah. Noticing my habits. Noticing my routines. Got...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 26, 2020 | Becoming People of Our Time, Message Audio
Shared routines, carefully considered, allow us to sustain commitments over the long haul, even when we don’t have the internal infrastructure in place, to build new habits. Hey! we can do that with one another. Have a listen....
