Fabric Podcast

November 20 – The Journey to Better than Compromise starts with you, but moves quickly beyond you. It has one tool that it cannot travel without. This week we’ll learn about and practice that tool. It is one you already own and are familiar with, but you probably don’t realize that it works at times when you’ve been relying on another tool. There is something better than compromise, something that brings dignity, possibility and hope to us. It is not easy, but the destination is worthy of the journey.
More resources can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers,including the outline to this message on the back of the Sunday Paper and the GroupLife discussion guide. 
 
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A Commitment to The Big Win
That’s what it takes. It’s the win that understands that everything on the table, including what you brought, isn’t as good as it could be. You won’t realize that if you are still seeing the world from your perspective. So what does it take to see the world the way someone else does? Or the way God does? And not only see it, but value it that way? When that happens, then ‘The Big Win’ becomes something you’d do anything for, even though you’re still just discovering what it is.
More resources can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers,including the outline to this message on the back of the Sunday Paper and the GroupLife discussion guide. 
 
You can support Jacob's Well as a community and help to bring messages and experiences like this to more people at jacobs-well.net/give. Thank you.

What’s Wrong with Compromise? Tuesday we elect a new president, members of congress, governors, and more. Predictions are that half of us will be winners and half losers. But if we look at it that way we are actually all losers. There is another possibility… if we so choose, we can turn this and every situation into one in which we are all winners. There is something better than winning and losing, and it isn’t compromise. It is a wholly new creation that takes more than we have right now. Ready to discover what’s better than compromise? Great! Thanks for listening.
More resources can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers, including the outline to this message on the back of the Sunday Paper and the GroupLife discussion guide. 
You can support Jacob's Well as a community and help to bring messages and experiences like this to more people at jacobs-well.net/give. Thank you.

Life happens and crises come no matter what you do or who you are. You won’t stop that, but… you can build care strength and resilience into your life and relationships. Melissa Lock will join Greg Meyer, and Katy Lesiak will field your text questions, as we explore the proactive side of your CareIQ. Why wait for the crisis? There are steps we can take as a community and individuals to help us be better caregivers and receivers and that will help plant the seeds of healthy care in the world.
More resources can be found at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers, including the outline to this message on the back of the Sunday Paper and the GroupLife discussion guide. 
You can support Jacob's Well as a community and help to bring messages and experiences like this to more people at jacobs-well.net/give. Thank you.

Jacob’s Well-er Chris Lillehei is a hospital chaplain dealing with people everyday in situations that most of us dread ever having to be in. And he likes it! When you give up on fixing everyone’s problems, and learn how to be with people without riding the roller coaster of their emotions you find that you can make a difference. Someone needs to, after all, people are hurting. Chris and his wife Jenny, a mental health professional, helped us practice using our toolboxes this past week. Practice doesn’t make perfect, but it does put some experience under our belts.
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October 16 – The Toolbox “I never saw it coming! I thought I was being the friend I needed to be and it all blew up in my face. I have no idea what to do.” Sometimes care goes that way. What seems like the right thing to do doesn’t work, and what you do need to do feels strange and counterintuitive. Kristina Swanberg of Mental Health Connect joined Greg to talk about why we need a CareIQ Toolbox and what’s in it. It’s a way of putting a God-sized vision of compassion into our action.
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CAREIQ - Why You Need to Raise Yours  Stuff happens to us and the people around us. Stuff we can’t fix. So what should we do? As a community that values deep relationships we need to learn how to care and be cared for in these tough situations. God calls us to it, Jesus modeled it, but that doesn’t make it easy. So welcome as we dig into our first of four weeks helping you understand what it means to raise your Care IQ.
You can find more resources related to this message, including the outline and the GroupLife Discussion Guide at www.jacobs-well.net/leftovers.
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Board member, Charles Carlson shared this financial update with the Jacob's Well community at the Sunday gathering 9/25/16. We are grateful for your generosity and support and have unwavering hope in our sustainability as an organization for years to come, but we need your help. Thank you!