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 May 16, 2011
Monday May 16, 2011
The news has been interesting these last days. Many faithful Christians think that Osama bin Laden was rightly hunted down and killed. Many other faithful Christians think that he should not have been. The reasons behind these two positions vary from ideological to practical and everything in between. But it makes the question extremely salient: not just ‘what if’ but ‘how’ do we actually live out what we believe? This is bound to be a very interesting can of worms to open!
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 09, 2011
Monday May 09, 2011
“What if… ?” is about asking some simple questions without simple answers. This week, we’ll take on a question that is historically more likely to start a war than bring peace. There’s Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, even Zoroastrianism. And then there’s Christianity with Catholics and Protestants and Orthodox and Evangelicals. And within all of these, there are the sub-divisions and the sub-divisions of the sub-divisions. Is this really what God had in mind? Maybe. But if so, why are we seemingly incapable of being drawn together and work so hard to stay divided? God teaches love, kindness and forgiveness. So why do some people believe their religion is the one and only? Let’s come together and challenge ourselves by asking some of these questions.
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 01, 2011
Sunday May 01, 2011
We’re about to dive into a series called What If? And we’re not going to mess around, we’re coming right out of the chute with one of the ultimate ‘what if’s’…what if love really did win? And while my skeptical side wants to reply with statements such as ‘Define win.’, and ‘Define love.’, or questions such as ‘At what point?’ and ‘What if pigs could fly?’, the side of me that believes in a God who regularly makes the impossible possible and regularly moves in ways that seem counter-intuitive to me, that side of me is forced to give it a hearing. It would be good if you were part of the discussion, and it would be even better if some of your friends came along too!
Older messages (back to Christmas 2010) can be found in the archives at http://jacobswell.podbean.com
Sunday Apr 24, 2011
Sunday Apr 24, 2011
Okay, it seems that people who are trying to live like Jesus might be less stuck on what we've always done, said, been and a little more busy imagining what the world and our lives might be like if... If what? Depends on what God has put in your heart. God doesn't put things there that you already have down pat, you know. God is into possibilities, stretches, "what if's".
Sunday Apr 17, 2011
Sunday Apr 17, 2011
We’ve been taught that altars look like tables. Jesus altered that. They look like… him. He took a cross and gave himself on it, and what came out of that was some sort of life that is found by giving itself. And now Jesus is… in you!
You’ve noticed that the things that give the most also ask the most. Whether it’s in your friendships, parenting, career or just trying to make a difference, there is always some dying in the best of living. God found no short cut – no way to have just life at no cost, neither will we. This is not easy stuff. It’s God stuff. It’s stuff we do together. Read John 2 & 19, bring your bible on Sunday. See you.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
We’re a few weeks into the Altarations series and we’ve looked at a couple of the more interesting and challenging ‘altar’ stories in the Bible. On April 10, we’re going to look at a story that doesn’t involve an actual altar. So how did it make the cut for this series? Read it ahead of time and see what you think. It’s in John 18.15-27 and John 21. See you soon and it would be great if you brought a friend. It just might be life-altering!
Sunday Apr 10, 2011
Sunday Apr 10, 2011
We’re a few weeks into the Altarations series and we’ve looked at a couple of the more interesting and challenging ‘altar’ stories in the Bible. On April 10, we’re going to look at a story that doesn’t involve an actual altar. So how did it make the cut for this series? Read it ahead of time and see what you think. It’s in John 18.15-27 and John 21. See you soon and it would be great if you brought a friend. It just might be life-altering!
Sunday Apr 03, 2011
Sunday Apr 03, 2011
When was the last time you picked up a bible? Maybe you made it a habit to do it regularly but more than likely it not such a regular thing, maybe not even at all. During this “ALTARations” series we’re going to use a different story each week to find another pathway into discovering about this relationship God is trying to have with us. If altars are where God breaks into the world and where things get changed than taking a look at the story of Abraham and Isaac is a great place to start. In chapters 17 and 22 of Genesis we read how God changes Abraham through an unconditional promise that carries some pretty serious conditions. God sets up a test for Abraham that results in God getting tested as well. I invite you to come next week to hear how Abraham faithfully comes to the altar and you and I are forever blessed.
