Fabric Podcast

Scraps: the Beautiful Challenge of Sharing Your Mission

The things that doggedly call to us, that we can't get over, that we have vast energy for; our missions can challenge us in lots of ways, but another challenge comes when we share it with people who hold us to the vision that we've been given. Listen as Melissa Lock and Scott Schluter talk with Chris Tripolino about how this got really real for them over the summer. 
Scott is a part of the Fabric community and he and Melissa mention an organization that they've gotten involved with called Better Angels. Learn more about how they are working to bridge the gaps in our political discourse here.

USED and irreplaceable!

Just in case you feel guilty because you aren’t doing enough (which, unfortunately, is probably true about all of us, sorry) take a different tack on the whole issue. You are irreplaceable and that says fabulous things about you! There has never been anyone like you and never will be. There are things you can do, insights you can have, awarenesses available to you that are singular and invaluable. What are you waiting for! This is amazing! And - get this - nothing disqualifies you.
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!

Stretch!

Election day 2018 gives us a moment to consider what it means to contribute and to have community. Voting is important, and just the start of our civic engagement...and definitely not the only place we feel the tension of what it means to see our lives as a contribution and ourselves as part of a community.

USED and not used up!

Scientists believe only 2-10% of the capacity of our genetic code is used. The rest is left on the table, or in the cell, or something… Anyway, while that may be necessary for reproducing human bodies, it isn’t an excuse to leave our human capacity on the table in a world that needs us. I’m sure you aren’t holding back, you probably feel overwhelmed and overscheduled already. But over- or under- used, it’s worth a conversation because being used is one of the best things that can happen to you, and to us.
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.

Speaking From Experience: Not This, but That

Speaking from Experience is all about sharing wisdom, not just information, opinions and news. The gospel writer Matthew was trying to let us see that Jesus was in the wisdom business. But the shroud of story and thousands of years of change makes it is easier to dismiss than understand him. The story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, is one story that needs unfolding. Not because you are supposed to believe it, but because it holds inside something you want to learn.
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!

Wisdom in the Bible?

Melissa, Greg, and Chris talk about why we've been so blatantly using the Bible as a resource in the context of our conversations we've been calling Speaking From Experience.

Speaking From Experience: The Miracle Happening

The Miracle happening draws us into viewing the world through different eyes. It asks questions about how we experience the world around us as it’s happening. The stories of the Bible can feel like a book about a far away land in a faraway time with little to say about how we live. What if the Bible was a way for us to recognize how the world works in a different way and how we can be a part of the miraculous happening now.
 
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!

Wisdom? Where to Start?

Chris Lillehei and Maia Dalager join Chris Tripolino to talk about the mysterious and elusive nature of wisdom as part of our Speaking From Experience conversations.