by Doug Hammack | Jan 27, 2013 | Message Audio, The Journey to Oneness
Jesus was hard to understand. So hard, it got him killed. Let’s be real… he was kind of weird: – speak to the mountain, and you can put it in the sea – love the people who hurt you – and so forth So what’s a follower of Jesus to...
by Robin Camu | Jan 24, 2013 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Robin Camu This is a summary of the characteristics of the Enneagram Type 4 personality (The Individualist) from our Wednesday night discussions. Join us for the next one! ...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 20, 2013 | Message Audio, The Journey to Oneness
When I was a kid, I got rewards for memorizing the ancient proverbs. Here’s one that is still stuck in my head… A hoary head is a crown of glory, if it is found on a man or woman who has walked the way of righteousness. I didn’t know what...
by Robin Camu | Jan 17, 2013 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Robin Camu This is a summary of the characteristics of the Enneagram Type 3 personality (The Achiever) from our Wednesday night discussions. Join us for the next one! ...
by Robin Camu | Jan 13, 2013 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Robin Camu Following up on last week’s lesson, how can we use the Enneagram for spiritual and emotional healing? John 5:1-18 gives us background on the 4 criteria Jesus employed for healing: being willing to own our own brokenness being willing to give up our...
by Robin Camu | Jan 9, 2013 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Robin Camu This is a summary of the characteristics of the Enneagram Type 2 personality (The Helper/Giver) from our Wednesday night discussions. Join us for the next one! Type Two in Brief (from http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/typetwo.asp) Twos are empathetic,...
by Robin Camu | Jan 6, 2013 | Enneagram, Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Robin Camu The Enneagram is a scholarly study of personality types across time and cultures. There are 9 basic personality types, each with ts own virtues, vices, motivations, interaction styles and challenges. We each carry all of these 9 personality types, but we...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 30, 2012 | Message Audio, New Year
Today we prepare ourselves for a new year. Have a listen, Doug https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2012/12-30-12_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 23, 2012 | Advent, Message Audio
The Psalms tell us to lift up our eyes… to see with an elevated vision. This is exactly what Advent invites us to do. In this lesson, I’ll recognize that it’s tough in our culture, to make December a month of vision-elevating. But, I’ll suggest...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 16, 2012 | Advent, Message Audio
On Friday, 20 children were murdered in their school and 6 adults who tried to protect them. Can we celebrate this season’s focus on “hope” when something like that happens? We’ll see. I have a few remarks to make, but most of this...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 9, 2012 | Advent, Message Audio
So sure, hope is a great thing. Sure, prophets speak and angels sing… “Comfort… comfort my people.” That’s all well and good. But brass-tacks reality insists we at least mention the high price exacted of those who bring hope into the...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 2, 2012 | Advent, Message Audio
When we think of “prophesy” we think of predicting the future. That’s not what the ancients thought. They thought of prophets as “seers,” seeing what the rest of us miss – and in particular, seeing the things of the Divine. Today,...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 25, 2012 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Perseverance is easy to say… difficult to maintain. Today we look at what perseverance does for us, and what in the world might motivate us to do it. Have a listen, Doug ...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 18, 2012 | Message Audio, Thanksgiving
Again… Sometimes we make gratitude a perfunctory practice. Let it not be so! This is big! Transformative! Big! Have a listen, Doug https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2012/11-18-12_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 11, 2012 | Message Audio, Thanksgiving
Sometimes we make gratitude a perfunctory practice. Let it not be so! This is big! Transformative! Big! Have a listen, Doug https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2012/11-11-12_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 4, 2012 | Community in a Mid-Sized Church, Message Audio
Continuing our look at how language informs meaning, and in particular how the future perfect tense helps us think about… – the spiritual journey before us… – how we live in spiritual community. Have a listen, Doug ...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 28, 2012 | Community in a Mid-Sized Church, Message Audio
Living in the Future-Perfect Tense. Yet another skill necessary if we would reweave the spiritual community so necessary for our souls to thrive. Here’s how it works. We live in Time-X. But the great hope of our tradition is a state of redemption and...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 22, 2012 | Message Audio, Service
“Service.” We continue looking at how service wears down and wears out the false-self beliefs we build our lives on. It’s a hassle, to be sure. However, it is a hassle the way eating salad is a hassle. We may prefer nachos and beer, but two things:...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 14, 2012 | Message Audio, Service
“Service.” One of the ancient skills necessary to live well in the environment in which our souls thrive. One of the ancient skills necessary to live in authentic spiritual community. But perhaps not for the reasons you might think. We come to the ancient...
by Doug Hammack | Oct 7, 2012 | Community in a Mid-Sized Church, Message Audio
“Confession.” That’s a word I hate to use because of the images I know it conjures up. If we grew up Catholic, we see images of boxes and priests telling us to say “hail-Mary’s.” If we grew up Protestant, we see ourselves telling...
