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Who Comes to NRCC: The Community Seeker

NRCC — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:42:37 +0000

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 scriptural principle. No, it will be more of a look at who we are as a community with the intent of helping us draw closer to one another.

Recently, the man in our community who helps people find us on the web asked me for help. To help him design google campaigns, he wanted me to define the people for whom NRCC is a fit. “Who comes here and stays,” he asked. ”What kind of people find NRCC good for their souls?” So for an hour or so, he asked me questions and feverishly typed out what I said. Together we came up with four personae (plural for “persona…” who knew?) who find Life at NRCC…

The Community Seeker
The Religious Deconstructor (and it’s companion the Religious Constructor)
The Disillusioned Church Veteran
The Wilderness Wanderer

These are precious people, and this lesson will help us understand each other, and help us help one another move forward on our journeys.

Have a listen,
Doug

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Thanksgiving 2010 (part 2)

NRCC — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:36:18 +0000

Continuing where we left off last week, we consider how gratitude, expressed in good works, is manifest in our lives. Continue reading →

Friends for the Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 1)

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:29:58 +0000

The ancient art of confession is lost to most Christians today. It is a loss that causes great peril to our souls. In this lesson, we talk about the importance of this ancient practice, and some of the reasons we tend to resist it. Continue reading →

Difficult People

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:58:37 +0000

by Doug Hammack

Today we listen to the wisdom of one of the wise men of our Christian heritage. His name was Francois Fenelon. He lived about 400 years ago, and wrote spiritual letters, many of which have survived. In the letter we look at today, he writes about tolerance for people in their weakness. Have a listen.

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A Living Letter: My Friend Jim Amundson

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:09:02 +0000

by Doug Hammack

This week, my dear friend and a fixture in our spiritual community died. Jim Amundson was a letter from God, written for us to read. In today’s lesson, I discuss Divine Grace, and my text will be Jim’s life.

Jim Amundson
1936-2009
A Living Letter Written by God

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