by Doug Hammack | Jul 10, 2011 | Message Audio, The Other Side of Power
When Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, he was doing something more profound that is typically considered. He was radically upending the normative dynamic of human relationships. In this introduction to a new series on the “other side of power,” we...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 3, 2011 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Have a listen. Doug https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2011/07-03-11_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 26, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
We conclude our lesson on Jesus’ teaching about power and its misuse by looking at the power of naming. People are made in the image of God, our Story tells us. Consequently, the transcendent, ineffable, Divine image is the deepest and truest parts of us. When...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 19, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
Theoretical physicists are imagining all kinds of wild mathematical formulations to explain the most fundamental nature of reality. When they do, they turn around and test their equations with super-colliders, and it turns out… they’re right! How wild...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 12, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
We continue talking about why it’s so difficult for us to hear and heed the teaching of Jesus on power dynamics. Our instincts run so counter to his teaching! Today we do a thought experiment together, and see how our ability to use our imagination is...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 5, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
The idea of seeing ourselves as part of a whole rather than separate individuals has many implications if we would follow Jesus’ teaching about loving our neighbors and our enemies. If we Westerners would love our enemies, the Muslim states come to mind. If we...
by Doug Hammack | May 29, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
We ignore the teachings of Jesus, Paul, and saints and sages from several religious traditions. Consequently, we are rooted in a worldview of separateness. We do not see ourselves as one with God, or one with other human beings. Our instincts and experience insist...
by Doug Hammack | May 22, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
As we begin to think about why power is so abused among us, a starting point is our very view of reality. We tend to think of ourselves as separate from one another, separate beings, separate entities, organized into separate categories. We feel this in our guts, so...
by Doug Hammack | May 16, 2011 | Abuse of Power, Message Audio
In this introductory I tell a story about speaking to our teens about sexual power. In the Bible belt, sex curriculum is limited to “abstinence only,” and teachers who wouldn’t all choose to teach this way are forced to. Consequently our best...
by Robin Camu | May 9, 2011 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
In this message, Robin Camu shares with us some insights she has had recently on how living life and growing to personal and spiritual maturity are similar to the game of Freecell. ...
by Doug Hammack | May 1, 2011 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
Based on Exodus 1:8-14, Will (a member of NRCC) shares with us a message on what we can remember or do in times of personal oppression. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2011/05-01-11_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 27, 2011 | Easter, Message Audio
Happy Easter. Doug https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2011/04-24-11_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 17, 2011 | Message Audio, Who Comes to NRCC: 4 Personas
This is lesson in between lessons. It is more for people who are part of NRCC than those of you who listen online (though you’re welcome to listen). Also, it won’t be a proper lesson. It won’t paraphrase and comment on a particular scripture or...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 17, 2011 | Message Audio, Who Comes to NRCC: 4 Personas
This is lesson in between lessons. It is more for people who are part of NRCC than those of you who listen online (though you’re welcome to listen). Also, it won’t be a proper lesson. It won’t paraphrase and comment on a particular scripture or...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 4, 2011 | Message Audio, Who Comes to NRCC: 4 Personas
This is lesson in between lessons. It is more for people who are part of NRCC than those of you who listen online (though you’re welcome to listen). Also, it won’t be a proper lesson. It won’t paraphrase and comment on a particular scripture or...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 27, 2011 | Message Audio, Who Comes to NRCC: 4 Personas
This is lesson in between lessons. It is more for people who are part of NRCC than those of you who listen online (though you’re welcome to listen). Also, it won’t be a proper lesson. It won’t paraphrase and comment on a particular scripture or...
by Robin Camu | Mar 20, 2011 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
Message by Robin Camu “Grace seems to create the very emptiness that grace alone can fill.” – Richard Rohr We all begin our spiritual life as either a false positive or a false negative, but we don’t have to remain there. Are you still a false...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 14, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
Today, we conclude our lesson on “The Clutch of Death” with these remarks on how the beliefs, sensibilities, and expectations of our families-of-origin can act as the greatest block to our soul’s freedom. In Luke 14, several paragraphs after Jesus...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 6, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
One of the ancient spiritual paths goes by an old name… “mortification.” It means to put to death. Once we see that our false narratives, our faulty Life-Stories are strangling the life out of us, we want to turn the tables and put that clutching...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 27, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
Look at the ravens, Jesus said. They’re free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description. They’re care-free in the care of God… And you! You count far more. As we’re considering how to experience the freedom and connection to Divine...
