by Doug Hammack | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
NOTE: I’M WORKING ON THE OUTLINE FOR A NEW BOOK RIGHT NOW. WHILE I’M BUSY AT THAT, THE NEXT SEVERAL POSTS ARE FROM A SERIES I DID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT PRECIPITATED A LOT OF CONVERSATION. I’D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK. COMMENT BELOW WHEN I...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Some years ago, our church hosted an inter-faith day of meditation. We put an ad in the local New Age newspaper, and made it a decidedly non-Christian event. Each group was asked to lead a meditation according to their tradition and then say a few words afterward....
by Doug Hammack | Jul 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was a young Protestant boy when Vatican II concluded in 1965. It didn’t impact me until 20 years later. But it is one of the reasons I am a meditating Christian. Vatican II opened the windows and let some air into our religion. At the council, the pope gave...
by Doug Hammack | Jul 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Born in the late 1950’s, I am a child of the Enlightenment. Unlike my children’s generation, my primary influences growing up were Enlightenment sensibilities. Consequently, a religion (like Reformation Christianity) that followed Jesus in rationalist ways was a...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let me pause from telling my own story for a moment, to provide some historical context for my journey to becoming a meditating Christian. In 325 AD Rome collectivized Christianity into a hierarchical structure, paid for the structure with taxation, and made us the...
by Doug Hammack | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Let me pause from telling my own story for a moment, to provide some historical context for my journey to becoming a meditating Christian. In 325 AD Rome collectivized Christianity into a hierarchical structure, paid for the structure with taxation, and made us the...
