Fabric Podcast
Episodes
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Small "t" truth: Alive - The Cost of small “t” truth
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Sunday Feb 24, 2019
There is no doubt that living in a small “t” truth world is harder. Nothing is ever settled once and for all. We have to keep thinking and considering how what we believe applies right now. But for all that trouble it can also breathe grace into unforgiving rules, return suppleness to rigid systems and open space in too tight to fit categories. This episode asks how better questions, curiosity and movement can make the shift and bring life.
Find the outline and related resources at https://www.fabricmpls.com/scraps. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Small "t" truth: Experience
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
It’s one thing to talk about the different worlds of Big “T” Truth and small “t” truth, but the real challenge is becoming fluent and comfortable in the small “t” world. In this episode, we take a little time to cultivate space for truth.
The text from the original poem that Chris Tripolino shares in this episode can be found here:
Today I had the courage to come to your house
I would have been mostly content to stand upon the threshold
But something within me reached out
And rang the bell
You came and welcomed me in
as a friend
Without a thought of the arrogant things I’ve said
about you
And right away I could see
I was wrong anyway
These weren’t the sterile halls
Glass and polished ivory
There is life here; wisdom, and magic
Your house is full of children
Their songs and laughter echoing sweetly through the corridors
Elders sit at your table
and sometimes speak
But break the silence reverently, reluctantly interrupting a friend
The poets play in your fields
The scientists know to stay nearby
The theologians sit on the fences beyond
An interesting view, an uncomfortable seat
An unprompted vow to abstain
from experiencing these lands firsthand
Yes, there are many who live far beyond
The politicians in their perches knowing when to speak your name
The pundits, editorializing, obscuring
selling tickets as if the view was the main event
The rest, perhaps content to live on the borderlands
In the shadow of your gates
A s I was
For a time
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
A Petrified God...
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Tuesday Feb 12, 2019
Chris Tripolino and Greg Meyer talk about some of the ways that society (especially Western Christianity) has gotten good at petrifying some of the profound parts of life. It's worth noticing where it happens to make it easier to avoid and keep focusing on the places full of life!
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
small "t" truth: Petrified
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Petrified - The Big “T” Truth Effect.
Nothing kills the truth like naming it. Or, you could say, capitalizing it. As human beings we are capable of amazing things, but one of them is not grasping the meaning of life, the universe and everything. Nonetheless we play god and turn our living glimmers of truth into rock solid Truth. We don’t have to. Let’s talk about celebrating our ‘ahas’ and resisting the temptation of making them lifeless ‘isms.’
Find the outline and related resources at https://www.fabricmpls.com/scraps. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
You can support Fabric as a community and help to bring messages and experiences like this to more people at https://www.fabricmpls.com/give. Thank you!
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
4 Big Decisions: How Will I Establish My Career? (Pt. 2)
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
Sunday Feb 03, 2019
In case you are wondering if this is really about how to kick your career into high gear, it’s not. Your career is the wrong question to start life by answering, the better question would be about your character. Not “What do I do?” but “Who am I?” This week, Greg Meyer digs in to that deep question and everything that surrounds it.
Find the outline and related resources at https://www.fabricmpls.com/scraps. Also watch for our regular "scraps" podcasts where we talk through other ideas and parts of the message that ended up on the cutting room floor.
You can support Fabric as a community and help to bring messages and experiences like this to more people at https://www.fabricmpls.com/give. Thank you!