Fabric Podcast

Building Our City: What Roads & Bridges Are All About

You've likely noticed the construction on 35W, talk of the 2040 Plan, the Minnehaha Parkway Plan or the Minneapolis Public Schools Comprehensive District Design. There are a lot of changes and not everyone is happy while other people have been waiting for a looooong time for them. In this episode, Fabric-guy, Charles Carlson, who is also Director for BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) Projects with Metro Transit, joins us to share a bigger picture of what’s inside and behind these changes. Hint, it’s not just social policy, it’s about the 3-stranded fabric we’re all woven into.
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!

Why It Matters: Because the possibilities are limitless

You’ve probably told someone, or had someone tell you that you can accomplish anything you want! That’s probably not true. But since when was it all about what you could accomplish? There is a difference between what you really want and what really matters. Even getting a glimpse of God’s view of the world and your life - that above, below, around and beyond view that you’ll never fully grasp - is mindblowing. And it matters! 
Find 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!

Why It Matters: Because There are No Do-overs (But Always 2nd Chances)

You may consider it a nuance but do-overs and second chances are not the same. Do-overs require time travel and second chances don’t. Everyone wishes for a do-over of something they regret. Not enough people are willing to do what it takes to make next time different, however. Making your life matter doesn’t mean getting it all right, it’s living looking forward at what could be.
Find 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!

Why It Matters: Because It’s How the Universe Works

We all want our lives to matter yet we spend so much time, attention and energy on stuff that doesn’t. What if life simply does matter. What if rather than working so hard to make yourself matter you simply focused on how you already do? A big part of that is not trying to recreate the universe. It’s been done and you are part of it. Your mattering fits into how the universe matters. 
Find 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!

Being Fabric

This episode captures framing from Greg Meyer about what it means to BE Fabric, especially as it relates to Pride Twin Cities next weekend and moves into the takeaways from groups of those gathered as a conclusion of our open space experience talking about Pride and our community's involvement as members of the queer community or allies for 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!

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!

We Get to Do This!

Two things tend to be true about most important parts of life: they are the most work, and they are the most rewarding. Those truths proved to be true in the enormous amount of work it took to start Fabric in 2006 and tend to be true in our individual lives as well. This episode is about saying thank you to the people who have taken on a "get too!" instead of a "have to" stance and made things that matter happen. We are all the thankers and thanked. Let's celebrate this great stuff we get to do!
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!

Futurescapes: Choosing Inconvenience

What’s wrong with convenience? Nothing, except when it gets in the way of what needs to happen. Thinking and habits can be couch potatoes leaving us stuck where we are. In this episode, Greg shares about messing with and celebrating that we can and do choose what works over what is convenient. Included in that are new names for our kids’ areas (The Pond, Splashville, H2O, River Rats and The Lounge) so they align with our identity as Fabric. Yes, it is change, and yes, that is a reason to have hope!
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!