Fabric Podcast

GODFLIX: 20 Feet From Stardom 8/10/14

This year's Academy Award winner for Best Documentary(20 Feet from Stardom) offers a glimpse into the lives and careers of a small group of backup singers whose voices have been the key ingredient to countless chart-topping songs over the past 50 years, yet they have all remained mostly unknown by anyone outside of the music industry. This compelling film explores themes of talent, pride, race, gender, humility and fame. It's available at Redbox and on Netflix, so you really don't have an excuse to not watch it before August 10th when Andy Jolivette comes to discuss it at Jacob's Well.   Join others to watch 20 Feet from Stardom...

GODFLIX: 12 Years A Slave 8/3/14

Winner of the Academy Award for best picture, 12 Years a Slave is not only a great film, it’s an important film. If only it was only about history... This true story of Solomon Northup in the slavery days of our country helps us look at the ways our attitudes still enslave people and the strength of hope, dignity and perseverance that escaping it requires.

Awestruck wk 2 - People are Awful

You've probably heard the line about not one snowflake being the same and how the same is true about human beings.  Well, that's kind of corny, but it's true! The next time you're sitting on a patio, or walking the Midtown Global Market, or eating cheese curds at the fair, stop and see each "neighbor" who walks by. They, like you, are amazing amalgamations of stories, experiences, gifts, and dreams. Is this diversity an opportunity for awe and possibility or fear and isolation? We get to decide. Find a filled-in version of the outline from the message here.Mike Rusert, preaching

Awestruck wk 1 - The Beginning of Wisdom

Come on, admit it, you have stopped to stare at a flower, a baby, and your cell phone – mouth wide open – thinking, “This is freaking amazing!” We live in a universe we will never fully comprehend, which is filled with phenomena, creatures and things we will stand in awe of no matter how smart we get. This doesn’t prove God exists or anything like it, but it sure does give us some perspective from which to see ourselves and learn our place. And it is kind of fun! Join us in being jaw-dropping amazed this July. This service was held outdoors at Minnehaha Falls, Please excuse the hum in the backgound....

June 29 - Do God and Church Matter?

 Something we’ve noticed in the nearly eight year life of Jacob’s Well it is that those Jacob’s Wellers who aren’t here yet have moved along the continuum from being unengaged to uninterested. You may have experienced this, finding it harder and harder to share your enthusiasm for a life that includes God and your  connection with this community, Jacob’s Well. Does that mean God and church don’t matter? And if they do, how, when and why would we share it? It’s time to sort out our thinking and to find ways to talk about what really matters.

May 18 Quench4 - A Spring of Water Gushing Up Within You of Endless Life

A spring of water gushing up within you of endless life. This audacious saying of Jesus isn’t referring to global water supplies, but something in us that can be different than it normally is; some thirst quenched, ache relieved, dying reborn. While we seek to deal with real water issues in the world around us, we can’t neglect the spiritual water issues within us. After all, it takes more than the right external conditions to make life fully meaningful; there are conditions within that also need our attention. Let’s talk (and grow!)

May 11 Quench 3 - Water Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink

To be perfectly honest, the water situation isn’t good. But, we are people of hope. We are also people who know hope isn’t a plan. We have hope because we are willing to do what it takes to have the big picture and discover our part in keeping water and humanity healthy. On May 11 we welcome a real water expert join us in our conversation about this wonderful and necessary gift; water. There is much to learn so we can love this planet like God does!

May 4 Quench 2 - Water & You

What is some issue, hope, possibility, cause involving water you've always wanted to do something about? Or are you interested in what others are passionate about regarding water? This day is our chance. We're going to help launch homespun initiatives that make a difference.