by Doug Hammack | Mar 28, 2017 | Message Audio, Transcending a Religion of Fear
Our brains are evolutionarily hardwired to detect difference and to fear it. This survival strategy makes it harder to see the deeper truth of our connectedness. Given that our hardwired instincts work against relating in oneness, the spiritual journey helps us. It...
by Common Thread Team | Jul 26, 2016
Community Directory Get to know your people. We don’t really do “membership” in a formal way—but we do care deeply about belonging. Our community directory is how we stay connected. It’s how we find each other for coffee, check in after hard weeks, and remember names...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 21, 2015 | Message Audio, Rethinking Prayer, Self Awareness Self Disclosure
The 12-step tradition has hard-won wisdom to offer. Turns out, the same dynamics that govern addiction to alcohol, drugs, or the other well-known addictions — govern all of us. The way our brains balance themselves makes over-use of any tool, almost automatic....
by Doug Hammack | Aug 11, 2013 | Message Audio, The Virtue Curriculum
We pick up where we left off last week, looking at the ancient spiritual virtue of self-control through the lens of how our brains work – our upper and lower brains. Have a listen, I think these last two lessons are very helpful for helping us move forward. Doug...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 13, 2010 | Message Audio, Revenge and Forgiveness
Revenge and forgiveness, both natural parts of being human, both wired into our brain chemistry. However, ancient wisdom has taught us that we tend to over-exaggerate the former, and underestimate the power of the latter. So, how do we actually get our brains to move...
