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Don’t Waste Your Time Going to Church (part 3)
We’re looking at the exercises we’ve been doing together on Sundays for centuries and centuries. As anything we do for an extend period, they can become rote, and we can begin to practice them without understanding or without a vested interest.
So we’re thinking together about the ancient practices, the ancient spiritual exercises.
Today, we think about the radicalized version of hospitality practiced in the first few centuries of the church, and how it served as political and social dissent against the norms of Roman society. Continue reading
Good Power vs. Bad: Humility
In this second installment of our lesson on Good Power, we look first at how necessary humility is to exercising good power, and second, how we develop humility in our souls. Continue reading
Introducing our 2009 Meditation Practicum (part 2)
In 2009, NRCC is embarking on a one-year experiment in integrating the ancient Christian contemplative practices into our lives. This “Meditation Practicum” will be three 11-week sessions of learning, practicing, and supporting one another. Today’s message gives some introductory practicum to our experiment. It’s worth a listen even if you’re not at NRCC. Continue reading
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Tagged 3 levels of consciousness, cataphatic/apophatic, Christian Meditation, Church history, human nature, lectio divina, Meditation Practicum, prayer, spiritual wellness, true/false self
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Introducing our 2009 Meditation Practicum (part 1)
In 2009, NRCC is embarking on a one-year experiment in integrating the ancient Christian contemplative practices into our lives. This “Meditation Practicum” will be three 11-week sessions of learning, practicing, and supporting one another. Today’s message gives some context to our experiment. It’s worth a listen even if you’re not at NRCC. Continue reading
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Tagged 3 levels of consciousness, cataphatic/apophatic, Christian Meditation, Church history, lectio divina, Meditation Practicum, prayer, spiritual wellness
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Another Story About Stewards: Luke 12 – Rich Farmer
by Doug Hammack [Download MP3]
Posted in Lessons Learned From Stewards
Tagged Church history, fear, generosity, justice, Mission, our Story, prayer, spiritual reading, steward
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Did We Get Jesus All Wrong? (The Unjust Steward 2)
by Doug Hammack [Download MP3] In this lesson we look at two parables, Jesus’ parable of “The Unjust Steward” (improperly named, we’ll conclude), and Doug’s parable of Fred the Goldfish. The point of both is to ask ourselves if the … Continue reading
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Tagged Church history, compassion/kindness, deception, goldfish parable, Mission, our Story, slavery/jubilee, steward
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Did We Get Jesus All Wrong? (The Unjust Steward 1)
by Doug Hammack [Download MP3] In this lesson we look at two parables, Jesus’ parable of “The Unjust Steward” (improperly named, we’ll conclude), and Doug’s parable of Fred the Goldfish. The point of both is to ask ourselves if the … Continue reading
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Tagged Church history, goldfish parable, justice, Mission, our Story, steward
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Sin’s Just Not That Big A Deal (Scandalous!) part 2
by Doug Hammack [Download MP3]
Posted in Dancing With the Divine
Tagged Church history, fear, prayer, repentance, selfishness, sin
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Awakened to the Dance: Settle For Nothing Less
by Doug Hammack Add synopsis [Download MP3]
Posted in Dancing With the Divine
Tagged ancient spiritual paths, Church history, community, gratitude, purgatory, repentance, simplicity
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