Fabric Podcast
Welcome to the Fabric podcast! Fabric is a thoughtful, progressive experiment in being church, based in South Minneapolis. We love hosting space where curiosity, connection, and inclusive belonging have space to stretch out and get comfy. Take the time you need to explore what we’re about, and when you’re ready, connect however feels best. The conversation is always fresh! Fabric is church, for the rest of us. #FabricMpls
Episodes

14 hours ago
Unleashed | Impact
14 hours ago
14 hours ago
Let's look together at what it means to be unleashed into a world that needs our compassion, our experimental presence, and our love. Fabric doesn’t gather just to feel good, but to become participants in creating a world that could be. Simple, right?

Monday Jun 16, 2025
Unleashed | Belonging
Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
What if you didn’t have to believe the “right” things to find your place? What if showing up as your full, complicated, in-progress self was more than okay, but actually encouraged? This episode explores how belonging— real, no-performance-necessary belonging— isn’t the reward for right belief, but the soil where relationships grow, and faith/ trust can take root.

Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Unleashed | Ownership
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Who makes “the church” what it is? Spoiler: it’s not just the staff, or the people with the mic. It’s all of us. This week, we’re reflecting on what we heard at the “What’s Up with Fabric?” conversation back in April, and naming the power of shared ownership in shaping church that doesn’t just exist for us, but because of us. What if church isn’t something you go to… but something we all create?

Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
The Sandbox | Fabric in the Ecotone
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
There’s a phrase the kids are using these days– to be “ten toes down” is to live and act with integrity, standing firm on what one believes. For over 18 years, Fabric has been experimenting with what it means to be church closer to the margins (read: in the ecotone!). Who’s in the sandbox with us, and what walls might we benefit from analyzing a bit further?

Monday May 26, 2025
The Sandbox | Groundskeeping in the Sandbox
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
What might we find when we dig in the sandbox? In this episode, Ian McConnell welcomes artist, educator, and author Dave Scherer (AKA Agape*) back among us to share some reflection and frameworks for really getting in the sandbox and planting our toes in it. How do we acknowledge fear without letting it get in the driver’s seat?

Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
When you hear the word “interfaith,” what stirs in you? We’re curious to learn more from Peter Digitale Anderson, Executive Director of Peace Catalyst about the gifts of “playing in the sandbox” with those of different perspectives and cultures.

Sunday May 11, 2025
The Sandbox | The Ecotone
Sunday May 11, 2025
Sunday May 11, 2025
Have you ever been repulsed by that sludgy, weedy zone between land and water? We’re going to dive into the ecological concept of “ecotones” to walk a bit closer to the edges of what may feel comfortable… it turns out, there’s some pretty rich soil in those borderlands.

Monday May 05, 2025
The Sandbox | This is the Way
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
The Mandalorian seems like a great way to explore how the walls created by traditionalism separate us from others, and even from ourselves. It turns out, “This” may not be the only way…