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
https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/07-07-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
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...
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...
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. ...
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 |...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 4, 2019 | How to Change the World, Message Audio
Meditation is an essential practice on the spiritual journey. But it challenges all our established internal habits. That means to gain the benefits of the practice, we need to develop some complementary skills — staying when we want to leave — seeing when...
by Doug Hammack | May 30, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
The practice of spiritual detachment helps us cut through our false self to excavate our deepest desires and to set about attaining them. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/05-26-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play...
by Doug Hammack | May 22, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
When we find ourselves looking into the abyss, we struggle to reverse course because our path there was unconscious. Spiritual practices help us to “wake up”, observe our false-selves and discern the next right step. ...
by Doug Hammack | May 14, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
A fearless inventory of how you spend time — and money… These are powerful spiritual tools. They tell us if our actions line up with what we want to be our values. Have a listen. ...
by Doug Hammack | May 7, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
Sermon from NRCC on 5 May 2019 https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/05-05-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 29, 2019 | Message Audio
Sermon from April 28, 2019 https://s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/04-28-19_Sermon.mp3 https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/04-28-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 22, 2019 | Easter, Message Audio
Today is a day for stories. Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/04-21-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 16, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
A fearless inventory of how we spend our dollars and our hours… – it detaches us from habit, – it gives us time to ask: “Is this the life I want?” ...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 15, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
A whole industry goes to work every day, trying to get you and me to want stuff. Not stuff our souls need. Not stuff that takes us toward the lives we really want… Just stuff. And we suffer the consequences. ...
