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
https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2018/12-23-18_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
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...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 31, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Our well-being is connected — to our connection — to others. And — our most powerful connections, are with those we think of as “the other.” When “they” become “us,” a deep source of our fear and anxiety is eliminated....
by Doug Hammack | Oct 24, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
When we undertake the ancient spiritual practices, we find health. As we do, we build up reserves from which we can serve our hurting world. We are blessed so that we can bless others. It’s our way. It’s our cycle. Jump on. ...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 17, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Our Western instincts tend to view meditation as passivity in a world needing action. But no! Meditation helps us detach from agendas, anger, ego, and fear . . . so we can be active in the world. It helps bring our healthy selves, our loving selves to action. It...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 9, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
We practice contemplative practices so that we can bring our best selves to repairing the earth during this of great time of upheaval. It is our gift we can offer a hurting world. Without the detachment contemplative practices afford us, we remain clanging cymbals who...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 4, 2018 | Message Audio
Four Fall Wednesdays Introducing the practice of self-awareness and self-disclosure https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2018/SASD_Orientation.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 2, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
Often cringeworthy words for those who grew up in church, these ancient practices, when stripped to their essential purpose, can enliven our spiritual journeys. We believe they deserve a resurrection. Note: some folks found the introduction to the lesson...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 25, 2018 | Message Audio, The "Yoga Poses" of the Spiritual Life
When you see what you hadn’t seen, your life can turn significantly. Turn from thought ruts and defeating habits. At NRCC, we use a worksheet to help us see what we hadn’t. And it’s true! Our lives do turn around. The ancients called the process...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 19, 2018 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
In our pursuit of oneness that is not sameness, we ascribe to a basic set of time-tested spiritual practices to unify us. While each one of us must discern to which practices we are called, when to stretch, and when to rest. ...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 12, 2018 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
When church is healthy, its place in society is to take the lead in helping, healing and hoping. Grace is needed at North Raleigh Community Church as we find the appropriate pace with which to step into our place. ...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 26, 2018 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
by Robin Camu When we shame ourselves, scorn ourselves or procrastinate, we are choosing to not love ourselves. When we don’t properly cultivate love within us, it makes it more difficult to unconditionally love those around us. Instead, how can we use the...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 20, 2018 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Today is storytime. Stories about NRCC’s past — and how grace has been such a powerful principle in our community. WARNING: there is a potential trigger for victims of sexual violence starting at time point 19:30 Have a listen. ...
