Fabric Podcast

Real People: What I learned from real life (Dawn and guests)

Believe it or not, the people in the Bible were realpeople who had no idea they were going to be "Bible people" or that there was even going to be a Bible. And what they learned came from real life. Most of what we need to know comes to us inreal life too. Starting May 13 we're going to take a month of Sundays and forget what we learned in seminary and church and talk about the life shaking and shaping stuff we learned where we might least (but ought to most) expect it. What's God showing you inreal life?
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Whatever is beautiful and excellent (Greg)

This line from Philippians 4.8 calls us to surround ourselves with beauty and to be points of excellence - who wouldn't agree with that? But what about all the not-so-beautiful around us? And as for being excellent, isn't that for the 1%, not the 99% that most of us are? It's time to dive deeply into what God sees in these two virtues and how we wrap our lives around them. Beauty and excellence can change the world. They can change you.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Whatever is pure (Greg)

"Pure?!? You've got to be kidding! I mean, no one is in favor of IMpure, butpure is so... um, Victorian. Sure I want my food, air and water to bepure, but me?" I have a feeling that lots of people react this way to this topic. So what do you think? Isit worth a look past the moralizing that typifies this conversation to what God might have in mind? Maybe it's worth a look past our own defenses to see what God has in mind. Funny, 'pure' might be something we're actually looking for.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Whatever is true (Greg)

The Urban Dictionary defines 'whatever' this way, "A phrase used by slackers to indicate complete apathy. A dire warning concerning the future of America."  Whatever...I don't think it's that bad.  But is life a 'whatever'?  Or are there some things worth being and doing no matter what?  Twenty centuries ago someone wrote a list of words to live by, and said "Whatever is like these... that's what you want to spend your life on." They are some pretty vintage words, but maybe it's time for their kind of 'whatever.' Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is beautiful, if there is excellence, or anything worthy of praise, focus on these things! Philippians 4.8.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

Easter - God's Life (Greg)

Over the past weeks we've looked at The Good Life and we've seen how God envisions our life's decisions, relationships and finances in dimensions that we could never imagine. God is basically a surprise. A big surprise. On Easter Sunday we are moving from our Good Life, to God's Life. Again, not what we'd expect. To see it is not just to glimpse something grander and more wonderful, but it is asks of us something that is so big, so deep, so real that it is more than a little frightening. That's how good it is. Would you want it any other way?
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

The GOoD Life - Giving Gratefully (Peter)

What does it feel like when you're paying the bills: frustrating, maddening, or deflating?  How is it supposed to feel when there's not enough coming in to match up to all the places it could be going out.  For most of us, most of our money needs to go to places over which we have seemingly little control and it's hard not to feel manipulated in the process.  God knows how hard this is for us and wants us to see things more than a little differently.  Maybe it's not about "having" the good life but more about "giving" the good life away.  Let's explore how we might have some very different emotional responses when it comes time to pay the bills.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

The GOoD Life - Thriving Always (Greg)

So, do you think the Good Life is achieved through wealth? Or that wealth has nothing to do with it? Maybe money - either having, or not having it - has a tendency to both help us and get in the way of the Good Life. It isn't a 'how much do you have?' as much as a 'what is its role in your life?' question. What are God's goals for your finances? Well, let's just say they are a lot bigger than yours. Join us Sunday when we dig up a whole new set of questions about our money that can open doors to a whole new set of solutions.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com

The GOoD Life - Being Together (Peter)

Our lives are populated with friends, co-workers, neighbors, customers and clerks.  We choose some of these relationships while others are chosen for us.  And then there's family, especially the family we chose to be with.  Husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, all hold a unique place in our lives.  These are the people most intimately influential in the ups and downs of our journey through life.  How can we even pretend to live the good life if we don't pay attention to how we tend to these relationships?  Could it be that God's plan for this world and God's plan for you is rooted right here?  Join us and we'll dig deeper into how God's app for the good life includes tending to the people we draw in most closely.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net or Jacob's Well Minneapolis on Facebook
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com