by Doug Hammack | Nov 17, 2019 | Message Audio
Last week we talked about how our community’s history fits in the broader context of religion’s meltdown in our society. We talked about how we’ve been rebuilding in the ruins of religion. Today, we talk about what that will mean for each of us. Have...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 10, 2019 | Message Audio
A lot of folks don’t think so. I understand why they think so. But I think history invites us to think more broadly. Today’s lesson is the story of what we’ve been doing as a community, to be part of the future we believe there is....
by Doug Hammack | Nov 3, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
We integrate health and well-being into our lives best, when we are supported by a culture and institutions with a shared narrative and shared norms. But our time in history, is a time of stripping down and rebuilding both our norms and our institutions. The work for...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 27, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
In a sense, yes. Sex is “just sex.” But there’s more to the story. There are deep psychological, emotional, and relational processes that accompany sex. If we get them right, forever after, isn’t just a pipe dream....
by Doug Hammack | Oct 20, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
When we live in imbalance, it harms us. And as a society, we’re out of balance. And — our sex and love — they don’t last. Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/10-20-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 13, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
We owe folks an apology! Some of our society’s worst instincts around sexuality, draw from blueprints the church drew up — 1800 years ago. If we’re going to offer anything as our society is rethinking sexuality (and we have some good stuff to offer),...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 6, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
When we diminish how much of our humanity falls under the heading “making love,” without realizing we’re doing it, we cut out whole swaths of human experience. And… We suffer the loss of elders in our society. In this lesson, I’ll suggest...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 29, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
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by Doug Hammack | Sep 22, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
After a long summer lesson that evoked more than a little emotion (read controversy), I’m ready for some smooth sailing. So of course, let’s talk about rethinking how church approaches sex ed. And in particular, let’s talk about how our community...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 15, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
The exercise we’re doing this morning is important enough to spend Sunday morning, breaking into circles, wrestling with the questions of pain and pressure here in Wake County. That’s how we’ll discern the work before us (along with other...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 8, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Today’s lesson is a story about a white supremacist and some Jewish college kids. The rest of the lesson is context-setting; why this story matters to our community. I hope you’ll have a listen. Doug ...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 1, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Here. Now. Small. Doable. How often do we repeat those simple guidelines? We repeat them so often, because again and again, they are how we access ancient wisdom. And building the power necessary to change the world — no exception. Have a listen. ...
by Robin Camu | Aug 30, 2019 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
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by Doug Hammack | Aug 20, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
One of our brain’s evolved survival mechanisms is the proclivity to externalize our troubles and assign them to “the other.” It may have been a helpful survival strategy in hunter-gatherer bands thousands of years ago… But now? In a globalized...
by John Pavlovitz | Aug 11, 2019 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
John Pavlovitz bring us a very relevant message about how to approach upcoming turbulence. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/08-11-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 7, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Doug’s message from Aug 4. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/08-04-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 30, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Triggering environments are not going away. Our world has gotten more connected. We can’t stay in our divided little groups, so we no longer have the luxury of living in homogeneous bubbles. It’s time to build our relational skills so we can participate in...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 23, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Our brains evolved to keep us safe in hunter-gatherer bands on the Serengeti. Features of a brain designed for safety there, don’t necessarily work well for us here. Unconscious bias is one of those “safety” features. But the spiritual journey...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 16, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Our brains evolved to trick us into automatic choices for survival. Those choices don’t fit very well into our modern context. We gain freedom of choice through our spiritual practices. ...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 9, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
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