» quiet http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Toxic Hurry: The High Price of the Unexamined Life (1) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2012/01/22/toxic-hurry-the-high-price-of-the-unexamined-life-1/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2012/01/22/toxic-hurry-the-high-price-of-the-unexamined-life-1/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:07:41 +0000 NRCC http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=2266 Continue reading →]]> We begin a new lesson today that will take several weeks. We begin with Jesus’ parable about a man who invited a bunch of people to the party of their lives, only to have them miss this golden opportunity because of pragmatic concerns in their lives. Unexamined lives led them to hurried, harried lives that couldn’t see opportunity when it was handed to them.

So it is when we miss reading to our children, miss seeing the mystery and beauty in our jobs, our people, our city, and the rocks and tree that travel on this planet with us.

This lesson is about why we drive ourselves into the blinding toxicity of hurry, and what we can do to step back from the impulses that push us there.

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Doug

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2012/01/22/toxic-hurry-the-high-price-of-the-unexamined-life-1/feed/ 0 Don’t Waste Your Time Going to Church (conclusion) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/05/16/dont-waste-your-time-going-to-church-conclusion/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/05/16/dont-waste-your-time-going-to-church-conclusion/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 15:54:46 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1294 Continue reading →]]> Today, we conclude this lesson on the ancient exercises we do together on Sundays. We look at the exercise that includes stilling our hearts, becoming attentive, interpreting, and discerning.

This may be one of the only times you’ll ever hear a minister tell you to argue with him or her.

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Doug

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/05/16/dont-waste-your-time-going-to-church-conclusion/feed/ 0 Soul-Training: The Welcoming Prayer http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2009/10/25/soul-training-the-welcoming-prayer/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2009/10/25/soul-training-the-welcoming-prayer/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:40:54 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=516 Continue reading →]]> by Doug Hammack

peaceful-water

In this lesson we look at a very practical way to turn our prayer less into words, and more into awakening to the awareness of what God is already up to. It’s a contemplative practice for daily use called The Welcoming Prayer.

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2008/05/25/archive-aid-worker-training-for-a-loneliness-epidemic-part-1/feed/ 0 The Ancient Christian Practice of Spiritual Reading: "Contemplatio" (part 4) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2006/11/19/the-ancient-christian-practice-of-spiritual-reading-contemplatio-part-4/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2006/11/19/the-ancient-christian-practice-of-spiritual-reading-contemplatio-part-4/#comments Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:04:28 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=676 by Doug Hammack

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