Our Father in Heaven — Pretty Bad at His Job
Amanda grew up in religious home. Her religion nudged her toward a career in social work. But five years in, realizing the gap between need and resource, she was pretty demoralized. Imagining the future, she saw herself either becoming jaded, or leaving the career all...
A Mean God. A Mean Religion.
My kids were in elementary school... ...when reality TV and the pause button showed up. We stumbled onto a clever way to teach them virtue. We watched Survivor. With my finger on the pause button, I’d wait for the game to elicit some negative behavior, and then I’d...
We’re Not in Toxic Religion — It’s in Us!
Some friends were concerned I’d lost my senses. I was leaving a great job at a great church in L.A. I was going across the country to start a new church in Raleigh. "Doug! There’s a 90% failure rate! Don't do it!" But when it was clear I was going, they gathered a...
When Religion Stops Working — Stop Religion-ing
After three years of doing everything religion told him to do — and then four, and then five — Jackson’s life was in the same mess it had been before religion. Maybe worse. When religion stops working, stop religion-ing!
Rebuilding — in The Ruins of Religion
I’m thinking about a new book — can religion be redeemed? About to start posting again.
Doug Hammack is an unconventional minister leading a non-traditional church. Disillusioned with American Christianity after years in a mega-church, he started North Raleigh Community Church to seek out a better way. More →
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