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. ...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 9, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
Advertisers promise us our egos’ desires and encourage onto the rat wheel, leaving our divinely-inspired, deepest desires unrealized. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/04-07-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 2, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
Our consumerist culture has perverted our instincts toward relationships. When we approach relationships from a transactional posture, only concerned about what we’ll get, what we get is anxiety and depression. ...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 26, 2019 | Chasing Acorns, Message Audio
Endlessly chasing after stuff — thinking it will meet a need or fill a void. Nope. It’s an exercise in futility — trying to meet higher level needs with lower level tools. Better — chase awakening to the deep reality that we belong, we fit....
by Doug Hammack | Mar 18, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/03-17-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 12, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
SUNDAY SLIDE DECK https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/03-10-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 5, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
After we grieve the loss of old thinking about God, our tradition invites us to a more expansive experience of God. Grieving the loss of the old ways, helps us prepare for the new ways of seeking, knowing, interacting, and relating. SUNDAY SLIDE DECK ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 26, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
Our Enlightenment-era, reformation God metaphors were stellar – for the Enlightenment era. But this new era begs new, expanded God metaphors, which will require our approach to God interactions to update as well. SUNDAY SLIDE DECK ...
