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 Nov 17, 2013
Sunday Nov 17, 2013
When we announced this series, the first elephant mentioned was “What if there is no God?” I guess that would pop the church balloon… “And since you asked, what if there isn’t a heaven? Or a hell? Are we supposed to think there is, or not? And what about my Muslim co-worker and the Buddhist my cousin married? And the Bible, don’t even get me started about the Bible…” Let’s get the elephants out in the light where we can see them. We can’t solve all these God issues, but we sure can keep them from tripping us up on this complicated journey of faith.
Sunday Nov 10, 2013
Sunday Nov 10, 2013
Have you seen this elephant in the corner? Here’s what it looks like: RULES. There are sooo many of them! From the 10 Commandments to things like “you’re supposed to go to church.” The Bible is full of rules and we ignore most of them, why do we get stuck on some of them? And if God really is all about relationships, then what role do rules play? Any you are wondering about?
Sunday Nov 03, 2013
Sunday Nov 03, 2013
So when was your last ‘vision quest’? The Bible may not require them but they sure happen a lot: Moses, Noah, Israel, Elijah, Jonah, John the Baptist, Jesus, Paul to name a few. Men are called into the wild to settle a score; not to prove they are manly, but to thrust them into an uncontrollable world where they face the forces that mold them. While that ‘quest’ might happen in a physical wilderness, the real wild is within. It is the battle for the heart, soul, mind and strength of a man. Let’s talk. Let’s journey.
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Another part of being a guy that is great, but causes a lot of trouble, is their sense of adventure. It’s about exploring, experimenting, discovering, inventing and creating. What it’s not about is conquering. Conquering kills the adventure. God wants to call each of us on an adventure that takes all the skill, innovation, determination and strength we can muster, and it isn’t supposed to end. Let’s learn what God shows us about responding to that drive for adventure.
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
Telling a man that he should be dangerous is dangerous. Telling a man to never be dangerous is dangerous in another way. Whether we like it or not, we live with the danger of men being dangerous. As people who honor what God has planted deep in our hearts, we need to both celebrate and warn each other of this wonder within our men or they will never be who they were born to be. Folks, this is hard stuff. It’s lifetime stuff. It’s time to look and wrestle with what we find.
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
It’s true, not everyone here is a guy, in fact most of you aren’t, so why this topic? Exactly! Where are the guys? A church, even like Jacob’s Well, isn’t made up equally of men and women for a reason. Maybe the church hasn’t truly spoken to men. There is stuff we need to figure out together to be better men. Not more macho, not better providers, not nicer and better domesticated… just better people who happen to make up half of God’s people called “men”. It’s time to talk.
Sunday Sep 29, 2013
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
Wednesday Sep 25, 2013
Then there are the times... you know, when everything falls apart. You never saw this curveball coming and everything that you were so sure about before just doesn't work anymore. This isn't the kind of grit in which you just buckle down a little more, this is the kind of grit you hang on for life with. The kind you have to look beyond yourself for. That's why we are Jacob's Well together.
