


How The Church Screwed Up Sex
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),...
The Sexual Journey (the whole thing)
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...
Our Sexuality is *Way* too Small
by Doug Hammack | Sep 29, 2019 | Message Audio, Rethinking Sex Ed
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Rethinking Sex: Let’s Start with a Story
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...
How To Change The World: Wrap-Up
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...
The Power to Change the World: A Story
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 ...
Building the Power We Need to Change the World
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. ...
8/25 – Robin Camu
by Robin Camu | Aug 30, 2019 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/08-25-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
We Have Met The Enemy — And He Is Us
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...
8/11 – John Pavlovitz
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 |...
8/4 Sermon
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 |...
We Can Do This Hard Thing
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...
It’s Not Your Fault . . . It’s Your Brain
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...
Easy Choices Hard Life — Hard Choices Easy Life
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. ...
I Nearly Lost My Son on 4th of July
by Doug Hammack | Jul 9, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/07-07-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
Can You Spare Some Change?
by Doug Hammack | Jul 2, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
We cannot “put on” love, goodness, courage. We must become them if we want to change the world. It’s not easy, but it is simple. See how. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/06-30-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play...
Outlasting Outrage
by Doug Hammack | Jun 25, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Outrage will fuel change — but not for very long. If we want to change deeply rooted systems that cause harm, we must be the kind of people who can function in that demanding environment. Turns out, many generations of spiritual people before us, figured that...
Service Work + System Work = Sea Change
by Doug Hammack | Jun 19, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
If we follow Jesus, serving those hurt by oppressive systems is our work. But Jesus also taught us to change the systems that hurt people in the first place. If we want to change the world, the job before us is to rebalance our win-lose systems. ...
How To Change The World (Intro)
by Doug Hammack | Jun 10, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/06-09-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...