Fabric Podcast

On Sunday, April 28, we had the privilege of welcoming acclaimed photographer Layne Kennedy to help us see the futurescape through the lens of digital photography.  Maybe that doesn't sound particularly spiritual,  but it's less a out the craft of digital photography than what it represents. Catching a shot or video on your phone has snuck up on us as film and cameras have faded away so quickly, yet almost silently, and we miss the revolution within it. What it reminds us of is less about pictures than a futurescape that could be and maybe already is. Now that is reason to have hope!
Much of the message was connected to Layne's photos. You can follow along with them here: https://www.fabricmpls.com/blog/2019/4/28/futurescapes-digital-photography-with-layne-kennedy
see the video of Layne's work here: https://vimeo.com/323834882
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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.
 

This episode is final thoughts from Greg Meyer at the close of our Easter gathering 2019. Hope and possibility continues to abound and we find the stories surrounding Easter pushing us toward such hope and possibility. 
Find the Sunday paper 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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If Easter is announcing anything, it is that the world is wide open. Possibilities abound in a world with people who have eyes to see them and three strands worth of strength, insight, courage and persistence to make them happen! Sure, there are reasons to lose hope but there are movements, ideas and inventions that say, “Not Yet!” In this episode, Greg has a conversation with Romper the otter to explore that hope in ways that speak to everyone’s heart; young and old.
Find the Sunday paper 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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Soul Space. Both words have much to say. ‘Soul’ is the immutable, true you; often buried in layers of distractions, shame, worry, games. ‘Space’ is what you look up into at night; unlimited, unending, largely unknown and unexplored. What if… what God is up to is soul space? Living room for that inextinguishable kernel that is you, and everyone else too. This week before Easter is a sobering time of ups and downs worth remembering and celebrating.
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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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. 

Living room is an invisible space we create for ourselves and others, but it is also physical space. In our enthusiasm for erecting structures and roads we sometimes leave little living room. The Garden of Eden may not be our goal, but physical space that doesn’t crowd us out would be nice. Sara Joy Proppe of the Proximity Project (proximityprojectinc.com) has made a life of creating space for people and joined us in this conversation. Other voices in this episode are Scott Schluter who created a welcoming threshold to his property and Kris Meyer who works for the Freshwater Society and educated us about a rain garden project coming to Field Community School where we gather on Sundays.
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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As people start claiming living space, others get nervous. We see it as women seek their way into corner offices. Our non-white neighbors expect their fair place in the world, not to be held prisoner of stereotype and suspicion. People are threatened as their LGBTQ neighbors come out of the closet and head to the living room. We all participate in systems that keep space safe for us at the expense of others. Let's be part of changing the systems.
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!