Fabric Podcast

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. 

Learning the F Word: F Them

TV shows, movies, feel-good news clips and your Aunt Mabel have all told you that you just need to forgive someone whom you are angry and resentful with or hurt by. But why should YOU forgive THEM? They haven’t made up for it or changed! Why should you do them that favor and pay all the cost yourself? Or...maybe that’s not what forgiveness is about. Listen as Melissa Lock walks us through this difficult issue and helps us live into it.
Find the outline for this message 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!

Learning the F Word: Getting F'd

That sounds horrible, but it’s really wonderful, if you realize that this F word is forgiveness. Getting forgiven means you have to say one of the hardest phrases in any language, “I’m sorry.” Asking someone you’ve hurt to forgive you may not seem like the highlight of your day but what if it was? What if it meant moving from the world you were enduring to one with wide open possibility? That’s worth talking about!
Find the outline for this message 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!

Learning the F Word: Why the F Word is Bad

Why the F Word is Bad - You may have been raised not to say the F word. You were also probably raised not to use the other F word. Forgiveness. Sure, you’ve said it, you can define it, but the only people who understand it are the ones who have had their lives turned upside-down by it. Forgiveness isn’t for those who want revenge, the status quo or even justice, it’s for those who want a life they can’t imagine yet.
Find the outline for this message 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!

3 Questions for the Fall

It's Labor Day weekend which means the relaxed schedules of summer fade away as the routines of fall kick in. Before you get hip deep in what comes flowing at you, take time to decide what you will show up for. What you choose for the fall is up to you but this 3-stranded life of true self, others and that-which-is-beyond-us-all says that making those choices according to what truly matters to you is important. Join us at the Falls this Sunday for the beauty of Minnehaha Falls, the great music, people and a chance to sync yourself with what matters most.
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!

GODFLIX: The Hate U Give

In this episode Melissa Lock reflects on the movie version of Angie Thomas' book, The Hate U Give, where Starr Carter embarks on an awakening no one would wish for when she witnesses the police-shooting of her childhood friend, Kahlil. True to her name, Starr shines a light for all of us on the complicated and costly realities of racism in the United States and what it looks like to choose the path of honor over hate.
GODFLIX messages are heavy on visuals, so be sure to watch the film, find the outline and related resources at https://www.fabricmpls.com/scraps and find others to reflect with!
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!

GODFLIX: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World includes everything you’d expect from an animated film about warriors and dragons. There are characters coming of age, tension between good and evil, love, loss and leaving home. But the main theme of the story is the most difficult thing most of us will ever have to do in life. Andy Jolivette will say more.
GODFLIX messages are heavy on visuals, so be sure to watch the film, find the outline and related resources at https://www.fabricmpls.com/scraps and find others to reflect with!
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!