by Doug Hammack | Mar 15, 2009 | Inner Peace, Message Audio
by Doug Hammack Extended silence makes us uncomfortable for a lot of reasons, several of which we examine in this lesson. However, the ancients touted it as one of the classical spiritual disciplines, designed to awaken us to the Divine Life and Light inside each of...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 8, 2009 | Message Audio, Sabbath Consciousness
by Doug Hammack As we’ve seen these last two weeks, “the descriptive self” is a faulty and inadequate way of seeing ourselves. In this final lesson in the series we consider how our sense of self keeps us from remaining present to the moment, keeps us from peace,...
by Doug Hammack | Mar 1, 2009 | Message Audio, Sabbath Consciousness
by Doug Hammack Continuing our discussion of sabbath-consciousness… https://media.blubrry.com/north_raleigh_community_church/s3.amazonaws.com/nrccaudio/2009/3-01-09_Sermon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 22, 2009 | Message Audio, Sabbath Consciousness
by Doug Hammack The third critical elements we’re looking at that carves out interior space and peace for our souls, is how we think about ourselves. In this message we consider “the descriptive self” and how it drives us into less and less inner tranquility. ...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 19, 2009 | Message Audio, Sabbath Consciousness
by Doug Hammack Before the holidays we looked at two elements that help us find a place of internal rest and leisure that the ancients tell us is our heritage on the spiritual journey. There was another I wanted to discuss, and now that we’re though the holidays and...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 8, 2009 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
by Jim Amundsen God promises us tribulation, trials and troubles in our life, but he also promises us peace. This is not peace as the world defines it but the “peace that passes understanding”. However certain things get in the way of our obtaining that...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 7, 2009 | Individual Lesson, Message Audio
For those of you who are newcomers to NRCC or this website, you did not have a chance to hear many really great messages and series that Doug has delivered in 2008 like “Dancing with the Divine”, Hard Times and Finding God”, “Sin’s Just...
by Doug Hammack | Feb 1, 2009 | Community Meeting, Message Audio
by Michelle Carter At NRCC, we have a very healthy spiritual community. Also, given our community’s resources, we have room to invite some other people to walk this spiritual journey with us. So, these days we’re looking for them. Emerging from a season...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 25, 2009 | Community Meeting, Message Audio
Alea has been a wonderful pastor over children and youth for many years, but after April 1, she will no longer be with us. At this meeting, we discuss the future of our kids. If you’re a part of NRCC, have a listen. ...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 25, 2009 | Christian Meditation, Message Audio
by Doug Hammack In 2009, NRCC focused for a year on integrating the ancient Christian contemplative practices into our lives. We did three 11-week Wednesday evening sessions of learning, practicing, and supporting one another. These three Sunday messages were an...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 18, 2009 | Christian Meditation, Message Audio
by Doug Hammack In 2009, NRCC focused for a year on integrating the ancient Christian contemplative practices into our lives. We did three 11-week Wednesday evening sessions of learning, practicing, and supporting one another. These three Sunday messages were an...
by Doug Hammack | Jan 10, 2009 | Christian Meditation, Message Audio
by Doug Hammack In 2009, NRCC focused for a year on integrating the ancient Christian contemplative practices into our lives. We did three 11-week Wednesday evening sessions of learning, practicing, and supporting one another. These three Sunday messages were an...
by Robin Camu | Jan 4, 2009 | Guest Speaker, Message Audio
by Robin Camu Spiritual discipline is any activity I can do that will help me to do (or become) what I cannot do (or become). There are kataphatic vs. apophatic approaches to spirituality. This is also reflected in how God presents himself. Centering prayer is letting...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 28, 2008 | Message Audio, New Year
by Doug Hammack The turning of the calendar invites us to look at our lives, our values, and the habits that accumulate over time. Are these habits serving us well? In this lesson we talk about how one goes about shifting from one way of being alive, to a new and...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 21, 2008 | Advent, Message Audio
by Doug Hammack This year, we’ve been more inattentive to the meaningful season of Advent than usual. Here, this last week of Advent, in a hurried attempt to make up for lost time, we talk about why the season matters. It’s a very old practice, setting aside these...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 14, 2008 | Community Meeting, Message Audio
by Doug Hammack Once a year, our community takes a Sunday to deal with the business of church-family life. After a report on where we’ve been and where we are today, we’ll make some projections about where we’re going in 2009. It’s a delightful part of our community...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 7, 2008 | Message Audio, Sabbath Consciousness
by Doug Hammack The ancients proscribed a weekly Sabbath rest as a rule to follow that was good for the soul. Later, sages and seers expanded the idea of Sabbath rest to mean an internal peace that characterized the every-day life of the spiritual person. Even in busy...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 30, 2008 | Message Audio, Thanksgiving
by Doug Hammack Storytelling is a powerful medium. In this lesson, we reinforce the content of last week’s lesson by simply retelling an ancient story. It’s a story that invites us to live in a posture of gratitude and thankfulness. ...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 23, 2008 | Message Audio, Thanksgiving
by Doug Hammack What a curious notion, that the Congress of the United States would create a federal holiday for the express purpose of stirring up gratitude in our hearts. In this lesson we consider the benefits that accrue to us when we embrace a posture of...
by Doug Hammack | Nov 16, 2008 | Message Audio, Sabbath Consciousness
by Doug Hammack The ancients proscribed a weekly Sabbath rest as a rule to follow that was good for the soul. Later, sages and seers expanded the idea of Sabbath rest to mean an internal peace that characterized the every-day life of the spiritual person. Even in busy...
