by Doug Hammack | May 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
We saw in last week’s post that the Greeks issued a warning to us 2500 years ago. “Don’t forget your mortality,” they said. “Don’t hide from the inevitability of your own death. If you do, you’ll end up chasing things that cannot sustain you – things...
by Doug Hammack | May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
The bell tolls for each of us (first post). True. But most of us find the idea pretty distasteful and try to keep it out of our conscious awareness. People dying at home, for example, makes us too uncomfortable, so when we see death coming, we have professionals...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week, I told a story about sitting at a stoplight while a long funeral procession drove by. It happened at a moment I was particularly aware of my own mortality. So I’ve been thinking a lot about the impermanence of life. This week’s post, is something of a book...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was sitting at a stoplight recently as a very long funeral procession drove by; hearse, family car, and a long line of cars with lights on. It took a while for the procession to go by, so I had a moment to reflect. As I sat there, a John Donne quote came to mind...
by Doug Hammack | Apr 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear blog-friends: I’ve been away from posting since August. Part of that time was getting the book finished (it is available from Amazon now). As soon as I finished that, the annual “beginning of year” rush that happens around the NRCC community hit. So now I’m...
by Doug Hammack | Dec 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Things are not going well for Christians these days. – Many of us have lost our moral center. – Many of us have debased our spirituality. – Eight in ten young people find us irrelevant. Our future looks grim …….unless you have an eye...
