Extra Episodes (Scraps)

In-Between Conversations: Help Hearing

We've just spent roughly six weeks as a community in conversation around forgiveness. It's probably just what was needed as we prepare to dive into a conversation full of land mines, ruts, and some deep motivation to maintain the status quo. In this scraps podcast, Chris, Greg, and Melissa reflect on how "The F Word" helps prepare us all to have the capacity for Hearing Voices. 

Is the F Word Really a Big Deal?

We've acknowledged how forgiveness can be a dirty word. We ignore it, cheapen it, and try to escape from it, but are we just making too big a deal about it? In this episode, Melissa, Greg, and Chris step back and ask the question,  "Is the f word really a big deal?"

Scraps of Forgiveness- Kali Pliego [Extended version]

We try to keep scraps conversations pretty bite-sized, but there are a lot of powerful pieces to consider. Here's the full conversation Melissa and Chris had with Kali, part of our Fabric family. 
 

Scraps of Forgiveness- Kali Pliego

Taking forgiveness seriously can start bringing up all kinds of hurt and considerations about complicated situations in our lives. In this scraps podcast, Kali Pliego, part of our local fabric shares about the "trauma trap" that systems and institutions can place on us. 

Fabric Groups

Melissa Lock, Greg Meyer, and Chris Tripolino talk about the culture of groups among the Fabric community; the essential and powerful way it's expressed in our community. 
To learn more about groups, how you can make the most of your own group, email info@fabricmpls.com with your questions!

An Introduction to Futurescaping

If Easter is announcing anything, it is that the world is wide open. Possibilities belong to those who have eyes to see them and the will to work toward them. There are many things today that may make you cynical, resigned and hopeless, but that’s not all that is happening. There are movements, ideas and inventions that will not be ignored pointing to a future big enough for our dreams. It's time to do some futurescaping.
 

Living Room conversations with Sara Joy Proppe

Melissa, Greg, and Chris got the pleasure of spending some time with Sara Joy Proppe after our gathering to continue conversations about what it looks like to make Living Room in the physical spaces we inhabit. 

Practices to Make Living Room

"Lent" has been used as a tool for beating up on ourselves, but is there something helpful to glean from practices of self-denial, discipline, and space-making? Greg, Chris, and Melissa dig in to the ways that they're using this season to build practices, capacity and focus.