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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Monday Aug 22, 2011
Monday Aug 22, 2011
There are times in history when profound shifts in the convention and tradition of the day break loose and new possibilities emerge. We can look around and see what needs to be done, but where does the courage to change come from? Just released in the theaters this week, The Help (the book by Kathryn Stockett) is a story about finding just that kind of courage. The world that God created didn’t include the kind of lines that have been drawn and continue to be drawn every day. It’s one thing to see the injustices around us, it’s entirely another thing to bring about the change that those injustices demand. Join us next week and we’ll take a look at how Stockett’s beautiful story of a group of women unwilling to stay silent is interwoven with the story of a God who calls us to action.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Sunday Aug 14, 2011
Sunday Aug 14, 2011
Chances are that you grew up with one foot in Hundred Acre Wood along with Christopher Robin, and partly because your parents got as much out of A.A. Milne’s stories as you did. There is something deeper than stuffed bears obsessed with honey there. These quirky, whimsical and sometimes troubled characters that populate the world of Pooh help us grasp some of the most simple and basic pieces of life. Maybe Pooh’s statement, “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"” is really very like Jesus’, “Come to me all you who are tired and carrying heavy burdens and I will give you rest.”
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Sunday Aug 07, 2011
Sunday Aug 07, 2011
What if there were super heroes? Well, there aren’t. But what if everyone sifted their lives carefully for the best in it, then amplified it and took on the problems of their family, neighborhood and world? Now that would be amazing! Who’d need superheroes? Maybe that was what Marvel comic book creators and Joe Johnston, movie creator, had in mind with Captain America. Maybe it is what God has in mind with you. And then there is the surprise ending that foreshadows something you had would never have expected, but was in the making all along.
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
The short answer is, 'because God does.' Jacob's Well is not your typical church (understatement), in part because we feel it is our job to do more than take care of the people already here; us. In fact we have this feeling deep down in our guts that the only way to really take care of the people who are here is to be
fundamentally about the people who aren't here. Not yet anyway... It's a Jesus thing. It fights our instincts. It makes us worry about whether our needs are going to be met. It's faith.
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Wednesday Jun 22, 2011
Wednesday Jun 22, 2011
“I’m a good person. I don’t lie and cheat. I treat people fairly and give money to charities. I love my family. I’m not perfect, but who is? So isn’t that enough?” You’ve heard it, maybe said it. So why does God expect all this other stuff. Praying, reading the Bible, serving, worshipping, It’s all a lot of work none of us have time for and face it, Christians haven’t fixed the world that way anyway. Why bother even trying? It’s a good question.
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Monday Jun 06, 2011
Monday Jun 06, 2011
We just spent a month asking “what if…?” but that’s not the only question that matters. We also need to remember why we’re doing what we’re doing and ask if it really makes any difference. Afterall it takes a lot of work and you’ve only got one life to spend. During the month of June we are going to get back to the basics. Remember who we are, what God has in mind for us and how we can do that the best. Join us and get excited about:
Why bother with God?
Why bother with church?
Why bother with trying?
Why bother with people?
It’s God’s vision and our lives. At work. Together.
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Monday May 30, 2011
Monday May 30, 2011
Ask any adult if they can sing. Most people you ask will hem and haw, get nervous, and say no. Now ask any kid. Most won’t even blink, they might even just start singing! Why not? It isn’t that hard. What happens? Where does all that eagerness and confidence go? In a profound teaching moment, Jesus encouraged his disciples (and us) to have a child-like faith. This is the last week in our “What if…?” series and we’re going to bring the whole community kids to grups (grownups) together, to wrestle with what child-like faith looks like. Roll up your sleeves and get your hands a little dirty, I’m guessing it might just be a finger-painted masterpiece.
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
Sunday May 22, 2011
Sunday May 22, 2011
Here’s what happens: We keep things that threaten us away from us. If we can’t keep them away, we try to get rid of them, or make them into something that doesn’t threaten us. That’s all well and good, except that often times the reason we feel threatened is just because something is different; it's only our comfort level that is threatened. What if we didn’t have to worry about that? What if those other ideas, people, practices held the piece we were always missing? God loves different. God loves new. Let’s learn how to see the world like God. We welcome Improv Artist Joe Bozic to help us learn how.
Older messages (back to Pre-Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Jacob's Well information can be found at http://jacobs-well.net
