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
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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 ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 19, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
In our haste to throw out the superstition bathwater 500 years ago, our mystical tradition of direct encounter with God was tossed too. Slowly, we are reclaiming this tradition and finding ways to relate to God in us. SUNDAY SLIDE DECK ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 12, 2019 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
By Robin Camu What does the “Heart” or heart center mean? Heart-dominant people tend to feel first, and then they think and then they know. We often believe that our feelings always tell us the truth. But we need the sum total of our feelings, thoughts...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 5, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
As we grow spiritually, our journey can become stale and rote. God Is not the problem, it is our man-made God metaphors that are in need of an update. ...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 28, 2019 | Divine Love Is in You and Me, Message Audio
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by Doug Hammack | Jan 22, 2019 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Have a listen. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/01-20-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 15, 2019 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Our 24-hour news cycle keeps us on 24-hour alert. Break the cycle with the Welcoming Prayer. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2019/01-13-19_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 8, 2019 | Message Audio, New Year
The New Year prompts us to check in on our values and our actions. Are we spending our time on what we say we value? A couple things you’ll need to process the lesson 1. watch THIS youtube 2. print out THIS form ...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 27, 2018 | Advent, Message Audio
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by Doug Hammack | Dec 18, 2018 | Advent, Message Audio
Step out in nature, and we gain a perspective that brings peace. Here’s a self-care practice to carry us through this Advent season. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2018/12-16-18_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 27, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Study any religion and you will encounter the Golden Rule. There is no way forward from all that divides us but this. It is as simple . . . and difficult . . . as that. (special thanks to Norman Rockwell) ...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 20, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Our brains have a negative bias. We must be intentional in stirring gratitude, or we can easily zombie through life missing everyday light and love. Stirring gratitude is a simple spiritual practice that returns to us twenty-fold. ...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 14, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Our independent Western instincts lead us away from connectedness. When we feel lonely, isolated and depressed, we focus on fixing ourselves. But counter-intuitively, self-focus only makes us more miserable. When we give ourselves in service to others, we heal...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 6, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Americans are lonely people. Our lack of connectedness is literally killing us. The physical effects of loneliness include depression, anxiety, cardio vascular stress and suppressed immune systems. As technological and cultural trends move us further away from true...
