by Doug Hammack | Sep 19, 2017 | Message Audio, Rethinking Race
To get us ready for our upcoming lesson, “Rethinking Race,” here are some of the ways our community has been getting ready to step into our role as a repairers of the earth. It is a long list and it’s good news! We also explore specific opportunities...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 18, 2017 | Community Meeting, Message Audio
During this time, one of the best ways that we recognize and interact with members of our community is via the Contacts list. Please take a moment, go to the website and add yourself if you have not already. Add Me to the Contact List Under Resources, simply select...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 12, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
As we continue our training to become repairers of the earth, we explore Loving-kindness Meditation as a means to move from reacting to observing and responding – with compassion for both ourselves and others. ...
by John Pavlovitz | Sep 4, 2017 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by John Pavlovitz Jesus told his disciples a story about sheep and shepherds; the sheep know the shepherd’s voice and He referred to himself as the gate through which the sheep enter. After I first went into ministry, I was pressed with deep theological...
by Robin Camu | Aug 28, 2017 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Individual Lesson, Message Audio
We have our annual one-day seminar on the enneagram coming up (always the first Saturday after Labor Day). We’ll be forming our enneagram groups the, to carry us through May. To get us ready, today Robin Camu speaks on how powerfully the enneagram, in the...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 21, 2017 | Message Audio, Rethinking Race
What shall we do after that? How shall we practice our religion now? What does it mean to be Christian today? https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2017/08-20-17_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 15, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
This is the culmination of our series on the pathway to forgiveness. We discuss the granting forgiveness and the subsequent choice to renew or release the relationship. ...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 8, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Forgiveness is a bedrock of the spiritual tradition tradition. If we don’t take it up, who will? But, forgiveness is tough! To be actually able to do it, requires a training regimen. We must till the soil of our wounds with small-step practices. One first-step...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 1, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Forgiveness is a skill that must be developed. It takes courage and strength, but when you engage in the process, you give yourself the gift of freedom – freedom from bitterness, freedom from allowing an incident continually harm you. Listen as we explore the 4-fold...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 25, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
It is nearly impossible for us to go directly from hated to love. The usual path is to go from hatred to resentment while telling ourselves that we should be loving. A healthier path is from hatred to non-hatred, from non-hatred to understanding, from understanding...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 19, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Following on the idea last week, that the very notion of an enemy may be an illusion, we try to define clearly what makes an enemy. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2017/07-16-17_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 11, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Loving our enemy. Was Jesus serious? We Christians generally ignore this verse because we simply cannot see our way there. We are encouraged to begin this 1000-mile journey with a single step. We enable ourselves through a process of working our circle of spiritual...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 25, 2017 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
By Scott Bass We have a saying in our community that “It is our way to lose our way…” Losing our way is sometimes a good thing. The mystical experience is not part of most Christian’s journeys these days. We don’t see “the...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 18, 2017 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Chris Thomson Fatherhood changes men as people and changes our spiritual walks. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2017/06-18-17_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 11, 2017 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Chris Graebe Everyone has their own story about how they got to NRCC. Everyone’s wilderness journey is also a bit different, and many of us are still on that journey. Here is a bit of my own journey and what NRCC means to me. ...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 6, 2017 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Today we honor our young adults who have completed their high school educations and listen in as they get some advice that we can all do better by heeding it. ...
by Doug Hammack | May 30, 2017 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
A commitment to service is one essential part of a healthy spiritual ecosystem. But service absent discernment can, at best, waste resources, at worst, cause harm. For many years the discernment was that NRCC was to focus upon building the other parts of the...
by Doug Hammack | May 23, 2017 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
The ancient myth of Sophia and her daughters illuminates a deep truth. The Way of Wisdom (Sophia) gives birth to the daughters, Faith (Fides), Hope (Spes), and Charity (Caritas). When we apply ourselves to the Way of Wisdom — when we take up the spiritual...
by Doug Hammack | May 9, 2017 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
When we tend to the inner life, the fruit we bear is Love. Modern standards might think love a fool because it bears all things kindly. It does not boast or envy or keep score. But when we know the Divine within, we become capacitated to love fully, not because others...
by Doug Hammack | May 2, 2017 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
This week we discuss the Jewish heroine Esther who despite her youth, sweetness, lack of wisdom and traditional power, leveraged what she knew about the spiritual journey. She helps us see how counter-cultural spiritual power really is. Esther calls her people to to...
