by Doug Hammack | May 17, 2020 | Getting Comfortable—Being Uncomfortable, Message Audio
It was kind of a s***storm week at Common Thread. Listen to us aspire to do better living in a racially divided world. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/05-17-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | May 10, 2020 | Message Audio
It’s fear. Our brains on fear, are nothing if not predictable. In this lesson, we talk about rising above our own fear, AND, being patient with others in theirs....
by Doug Hammack | May 3, 2020 | Getting Comfortable—Being Uncomfortable, Message Audio
Uncomfortable is a cleverly disguised invitation to live on a higher plane. But it’s an easy invitation to miss, an easy invitation not to ignore. Have a listen...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 26, 2020 | Getting Comfortable—Being Uncomfortable, Message Audio
Turns out, the spiritual tradition has a lot to say about that. Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/04-26-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 19, 2020 | Message Audio, Spiritual Community in the Time of Virus
We continue a spiritual theme we began on Easter. How do we thrive, when there is chaos and uncertainty all around us, and there’s no end in sight? Have a listen....
by Doug Hammack | Apr 12, 2020 | Message Audio, Spiritual Community in the Time of Virus
How to thrive in times of uncertainty and pain. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2020/04-12-20_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 5, 2020 | Message Audio, Spiritual Community in the Time of Virus
At life. At the spiritual journey. In times of crisis. We’re better together. Today’s lesson starts with stories I’ve heard since the virus began, encouraging us to be in it together....
by Doug Hammack | Mar 29, 2020 | Message Audio, Spiritual Community in the Time of Virus
Whatever helps us become ego-self forgetful, helps us access the Inner Divine, our better angels. No time better for that than this, the time if virus. Have a listen....
by Doug Hammack | Mar 22, 2020 | Message Audio, Spiritual Community in the Time of Virus
Every day, even as we are overwhelmed, we are determining together: who will we be when the crisis is over? The ancient wisdom provides us a roadmap. Have a listen....
by Doug Hammack | Mar 15, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
I am not unaware that for a lot of people, organized religion is a big, big problem. It has been for me too. But what if… What if, under all that toxic craziness, there are deep, human, communal ways — we find the sacred, find the Divine, we “find...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 8, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
Pain is yet another place we experience the Divine, experience the sacred. However, it really can go either way. Pain can either sidetrack us, reinforcing all kinds of false-self distractions, or it can ennoble us, stripping away and refining. Have a listen...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 1, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
Awe is the humbling feeling we get when we encounter something vast. A sky full of stars. An overwhelming idea. Anything that shrinks the ego-as-self points us toward Divine experience. Let’s talk Sunday. ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 23, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
We belong. We just do. We may not feel like it, but that doesn’t matter. We belong. And our souls will be hungry, until that reality is actualized in our lives. This week, we talk about how....
by Doug Hammack | Feb 16, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
Once we rethink where God is—and imagine the Divine is present in every man, woman, and child, a whole set of spiritual practices open up, to help us Find God in All Things....
by Doug Hammack | Feb 9, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
When we think God is far away (in heaven) we expect spiritual experiences to be dramatic—visions or peak experiences. But when we look for the Divine in everything, simple moments—pulling weeds, washing dishes—can become spiritual moments. ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 2, 2020 | Finding God in All Things, Message Audio
Many who can’t imagine God on a celestial throne, nevertheless feel spiritually connected in the woods or garden. Turns out, a rich part of our tradition, is how to access the Divine here and now, in the juice and joy of the earth....
by Doug Hammack | Jan 26, 2020 | Message Audio, What is the Common Thread
After the great religious unraveling that began after WW1, many struggle with that question. This week, we’ll start thinking about where God is now. (It’s good news!) ...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 19, 2020 | Message Audio, What is the Common Thread
World War I began a great religious unraveling in the West. Where is God during war? Or on 9/11? Let’s think together, about fundamentally shifting where we look for God....
by Doug Hammack | Jan 12, 2020 | Message Audio, What is the Common Thread
It’s not just a pretty name (though it is). The notion of a Common Thread is rooted deeply in our tradition. We are, every one of us, carriers of the Inner Light. This week: two historical streams that didn’t drop that notion when Rome co-opted our religion—Eastern...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 5, 2020 | Message Audio, What is the Common Thread
The church today has been heavily influenced by thoughts and principles coming from the Roman Empire. But there are other Christian heritages from other groups such as the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers in the 3rd and 4th centuries. Have a listen to learn more....
