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...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 20, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
As we continue our lesson on the Clutch of Death, we come to where we’ve been heading from the beginning… one of Jesus’ lessons from Luke 12. It’s a section in which Jesus teaches how easily our interior narratives derail us into chasing...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 13, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
Today we continue our lesson “The Clutch of Death.” We’ve seen how we tend to clutch at people, things, and circumstances at the expense of our freedom and connecting to our truest, Divine selves. We do this because our “Life-Stories,”...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 6, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
How does one begin the journey from a Life-Story that breeds stress, anxiety, pressure, and “the clutch of death,” to a Life-Story that breeds peace, freedom, Life and Light? The ancients designed a practice just for that. It’s called...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 30, 2011 | Message Audio, The Clutch of Death
The deep quest of the human heart is for freedom and Divine Life. The problem is that we get so easily distracted from this quest by impulses and instincts that bubble up from inside us. We all carry around Life-Stories, or framing narratives that dictate our...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 23, 2011 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
Next week I’m going to begin a lesson “The Clutch of Death.” I’ll talk about how when we try and hang on to happiness, try to clutch the things we desire, while we may attain fleeting moments of pleasure, true and abiding happiness will elude...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 16, 2011 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
I am sharing some insights about the nature of God from my thoughts and meetings over the last several weeks. Doug https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2011/01-16-11_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 9, 2011 | Community Meeting, Message Audio
Presented by Michelle Carter and the NRCC Church Council. https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2011/01-09-11_Meeting.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 2, 2011 | Message Audio, New Year
There’s a difference between making a New Year’s resolution, and participating in the natural process of spiritual renewal. Have a listen. Doug ...
