Fabric Podcast
Welcome to the Fabric podcast! Fabric is a thoughtful, progressive experiment in being church, based in South Minneapolis. We love hosting space where curiosity, connection, and inclusive belonging have space to stretch out and get comfy. Take the time you need to explore what we’re about, and when you’re ready, connect however feels best. The conversation is always fresh! Fabric is church, for the rest of us. #FabricMpls
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Monday Aug 22, 2016
Monday Aug 22, 2016
Mad Max: Fury Road paints a bleak, violent picture of life in an ecologically devastated world. Survival means warring over scarce resources; the violent demagogues in power require the sacrifice of laborers in order to keep what’s left of civilization alive. Sound eerily familiar? What can this dystopian action movie teach us about living in a world creeping ever closer towards ecological apocalypse? Winner of 6 Academy Awards; don’t mistake this for just another action movie with car chases and explosions!
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Sunday Aug 14, 2016
Sunday Aug 14, 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens leaves aspiring Jedi on Earth wishing the Force could be real. “I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful force controlling everything.” (Han Solo) But what if the Force actually is, in some sense, real? What if God helps us shape our futures? What if the Holy Spirit we hear churches talking about isn’t some guy dressed up in a hole-y sheet on Halloween, but a guiding force that we can choose to let influence our day-to-day decisions? This is where the science fiction of Star Wars collides (forcefully) with my theological reality. “It’s true. All of it.” (Han Solo)
You can always find more resources at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers
Monday Aug 08, 2016
Monday Aug 08, 2016
Brooklyn had 3 Oscar nominations for a reason. Its cinematography is gorgeous, authentic to early 50’s NYC & Ireland, and it is beautifully acted and produced, but that’s the frosting. The cake is the relevance of its messages. Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) has to make some of the biggest choices of her life, then gets a chance to choose all over again. Will she stick with her choice? How will she decide? If you’ve ever second guessed yourself over things that matter, there is something here for you!
You can always find more resources at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers
Monday Aug 01, 2016
Monday Aug 01, 2016
We need to talk about the life of the earth that flows through her, the waters. On Sat, July 30, part of the Jacob's Well community and several others took part in the Nibi (Water) Walk from the headwaters of Minnehaha Creek at Lake Minnetonka to the Minnehaha Falls where we gathered on Sunday. Sharon Day, Anishinaabe native, led the Sat. walk of presence with the spirit of the water. On Sunday we talked about our relationship with water and all of creation, and afterward joined in a picnic and went to the nearby confluence of the creek and the Mississippi where the Nibi Walk ended.
You can find more resources related to this message, including the outline and the GroupLife Discussion Guide at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers.
Sunday Jul 24, 2016
Sunday Jul 24, 2016
Why are some of the most basic facts of life so hard to talk about? Sex, money…and death. How could talking more openly about dying actually be life-giving? Does God bring something to the conversation beyond shallow platitudes? Whether it’s with our parents, our doctors, our kids, our friends….conversations about aging, disease and death come to us. Melissa Lock and friends will help us open up to these conversations that matter and see how taking a more honest look at dying gives glimpses of life at its fullest.
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Friday Jul 22, 2016
In Chris Lillehei's message in our Conversations that Matter, he interviewed Kari Bullard who started becoming part of the Jacob's Well community in March. This is her part of the larger message from that day. Hear Kari speak why Jacob's Well matters.
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
July 17 – Sending an Invitation by Chris Lillehei
We need to talk… What does being a part of the Jacob’s Well community mean to the world around us? Do you share your Jacob’s Well experience with others? If not, why not? What would it look like if we shared the news about Jacob’s Well without pause or hesitation? We are often comfortable telling people about the movies that we love or the books that have impacted us greatly, but sometimes are hesitant to talk about what we experience on Sunday morning or in GroupLife. If this community is a place we value, isn’t it worth sharing with those in our communities? It is worth taking some time to talk about how and why we should have conversations about Jacob’s Well because it matters.
You can find more resources related to this message, including the outline and the GroupLife Discussion Guide at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers.
Monday Jul 18, 2016
Monday Jul 18, 2016
July 3 – Making Peace with Distractions: We need to talk… Meditation is all the rage these days, but it’s just for calm people who have quiet houses and unbusy lives, right? Or maybe it will make our lives more like that peaceful Zen ideal… The reality is that the best mindfulness and meditation happens in the midst of your reality! Stephanie Vos shared these thoughts and practices at the Minnehaha Falls Bandstand. Maybe you need practice staying centered in a world that’s constantly spinning too.
You can find more resources related to this message, including the outline and the GroupLife Discussion Guide at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers.
