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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Sunday Jan 05, 2014
Sunday Jan 05, 2014
3D in theaters is an optical illusion to make things look more real. 3D in life is the way that it actually is. 3D is real life, not just a 2D version of life that passes time, occupies space, and busies itself with tasks that don't matter. Like a movie, a 3D life is made differently -- it happens when God's view of the world interrupts and expands our human view. Today we'll explore how a 2D life moves to 3D, and how engaging the Bible (using S.O.A.P.) may be one way God's vision expands our own.
Friday Dec 27, 2013
Friday Dec 27, 2013
Sunday Dec 22, 2013
Sunday Dec 22, 2013
That probably isn’t the way you’ve thought about the Christmas story. Sure, the story has donkeys and doves, maybe a cow and some sheep, but we’ve assumed that they are just the backdrop to the story giving it that humble, simple feel. What if…this ‘earthy’ setting wasn’t what God tolerated, but what God sought out? What if… the birth of Jesus is just as good of news to animals, fields, mountains, seas, planets and stars as it is to us?
Sunday Dec 15, 2013
Sunday Dec 15, 2013
Over the past couple weeks we’ve been considering the message behind the characters assembling at the birth of Jesus: angels, shepherds – what about Wise Men? Aka Kings or Magi, these people somehow crashed the party. The big question isn’t who let them in, but how did they know? And how come they knew so much more than the people on the invite list… or maybe they were on the list… Parallels today? Hmm…
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Speaking for myself, I like to arrange my own special version of Christmas and have Jesus show up at it. That way I keep my life and faith the way I like them. Jesus doesn’t buy into that and the shepherds – the unholy, unkempt and unfavored guys in town – signal that. I guess God won’t be asking me to approve the invitation list to Jesus’ birthday party. So if you intend to show up at the stable, get ready. The party will be wild.
Sunday Dec 01, 2013
Sunday Dec 01, 2013
We love Christmas and the whole holiday season to be full of wonder and magic, but beyond our sentimentality we struggle with the actual story. Were there angels? Was Jesus born in a stable? Did Wise Men really show up following a travelling star? Ok, maybe the historicity of the details of the ‘God breaking into our world story’ are questionable, but the message needs to be heard. God is showing up, normal is different. Let’s listen with hearts as well as our heads.
Sunday Nov 24, 2013
Sunday Nov 24, 2013
What elephants do you see? While we had input for all three weeks, we thought we’d leave this last week up to what we hadn’t thought about or hadn’t worked in. So let us know. Talking about the elephants in the room isn’t about wallowing in the mud holes of doubt but about exposing those mud holes to the light of day so they become solid ground to walk on. Healthy, thinking and honest communities name their elephants out loud. Ready?
