Jesus + Sisyphus (Easter 2021)

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Jesus + Sisyphus (Easter 2021)

Easter is coming. It’s coming after a year of being sealed up and weighed down by the pandemic and a handful or two of other things, including winter. On Easter, Sunday, April 4, Fabric gathered via video livestreams to have some fun despite those stones. Let’s take a break from pushing them. And we might even be able to realize that they don’t seal us off from what really matters as much as we think. We are calling it, “Jesus & Sisyphus.” Watch the amazing video gathering or listen to the podcast to find out why!

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Living Room

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Living Room

Do you have it? Not the room with the couch you’ve spent more time on than ever in these pandemic months, but the room you need to live, to breathe, to be. It’s hard to feel human or treat others that way when you are squeezed from the inside and the outside. That living room evaporates with demands, judgements, expectations and rules. One way of understanding Jesus is that he came to do just this; restore our living room. Time for a rehab of yours? Join Fabric as we take three weeks to rediscover some living room wisdom together!

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Our Place

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Our Place

For eons we didn’t need to know it, now for centuries we haven’t caught on to it, but today we have no choice but to recognize it: this planet is our place and we need to find our place in it. The days of thinking we can be apart from nature are over - we are inseparably part of nature. Let’s explore the joy-filled and promise-laden place of being part of our planet - I hate to say it, but - before it is too late...

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No Strangers: Opting in to Revolutionary Love

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No Strangers: Opting in to Revolutionary Love

Welcome to 2021. We have come through a remarkable year of turmoil, inequity, reckoning, and loss. We have made strangers of each other and even, perhaps, become strange to ourselves. How are you? In this new year what is not only worthy of your opting into, but also possible? That’s where Valarie Kaur’s (See No Stranger) Revolutionary Love comes in. It reverberates with Jesus’ calls to love our neighbors as ourselves - and even our opponents - in a way that not only changes the game but helps us stay in it with our whole selves. Join us with your whole self this January!

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Something New Is Being Born

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Something New Is Being Born

You thought the other stuff was hard, welcome to raising up what you gave birth to. Every day it has new needs. Of its own! Not yours. And tomorrow again. Yet, the joy of seeing your ‘baby’ come into its own brings joy you can’t measure. But then one day it starts taking paths you hadn’t chosen. Your child wants to wander not be a carpenter, your song wants to go somewhere you don’t, your company outgrows your leadership. How do you let go of what you gave your life for? Merry Christmas!

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Better Than Compromise

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Better Than Compromise

Win/lose is the game we usually play, but in the end it becomes lose/lose. So we turn to compromise. Not quite what either of us want, but what we will settle for. Really? Is that the best we can do? Four years ago we faced a divisive election and today another that feels like round two on steroids. Back then we met it with a vision for Better Than Compromise that still feels true and relevant today, so we are revisiting that vision to see how it can continue to lead us today. Join the conversation!

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Citizen!

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Citizen!

What does that word conjure up in you? For many it is worn and tired carrying baggage better left behind. But is that it? Citizenship is more than a birth certificate and a passport. To be a citizen is a gift and a duty, it comes with rights and responsibilities, but most of all, it is who you can be in building a world that we all want to be part of. On November 3 you have a chance to show the kind of citizen you are - and voting is only the beginning. Tune in for a new vision and steps that can make this a more perfect union.

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Don't Feed the Animals

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Don't Feed the Animals

So why is it? You don’t mean to hurt people, or to do the same thing you did last time, and you never intended to let the situation get out of control like that but it did...and it’s a mess...again. We all have many emotions, tendencies and reactions ready to go within us. They all have a place, but most were never meant to run the shop, or your life. That’s what happens when you feed the animals. Join us for a little help in getting the wrong stuff out of the driver’s seat of your life, and right stuff in it.

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What's Worth Living For Doesn't Go Away

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What's Worth Living For Doesn't Go Away

Easter… is it happening? Everything else is cancelled as we Stay at Home. We will have to wait for the brunches and egg hunts. Fabric won't host a physical gathering like we love to do. But like crocus poking up through the snow, life worth living is not waiting. We’ll do some pretty great not-together celebrating on April 12 and you’ll want to be there as we get not-together!

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Worth Living For

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Worth Living For

Worth Living For - It’s always exciting to know something is waiting just around the corner, unless that something is your midlife crisis. Maybe that’s years off for you, or it’s too late because you’ve already crashed headlong into it. Doesn’t matter. Today is the day to remember what is worth living for and to live for it. Worth Living For is about the simple and the grand stuff of life, and the simple and grand moves that make the difference. Remembering what’s worth living for is worth taking time for. Here’s what we’ll be talking about…

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CareIQ

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CareIQ

CareIQ is a toolbox of insights and understandings everyone needs to deal with the tough situations of life where words of encouragement or advice don’t work. *See the printable bookmark with the list of tools here. We are continuing our CareIQ equipping with a special eye towards mental health: What is mental health exactly? How do you care for your own? What can you, should you do for those around you living with a mental health challenge? If you’ve got the answers, stay home. If this is as difficult for you as it is for the rest of us, come on by!

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Not One Stone

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Not One Stone

Not One Stone - Starting Over with God, Faith & Church. Seismic changes are going on in the religious world; the walls are tumbling down and it’s about time. Whether you’re a happy church-goer, giving or given up on it all, or are new to the whole God-thing, this is about you. The task of tearing down to discover what is real isn’t just for skeptics but for all who care to grow. It’s a way of life, and one that we can do better together than alone.

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The Gift Exchange

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The Gift Exchange

The Gift Exchange (December 1-29, 2019) Christmas parties and families do this all the time - you trade names and give something and get something. Hopefully what you get will be better than what you gave. Sometimes what you have to give away isn’t so easy to give up - especially when you aren’t sure what you’ll get in return. There are bigger things in life that we have to give away in order to get what really matters… what Christmas promises. Are you ready to give it to get it?

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Hearing Voices

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Hearing Voices

Hearing Voices (October 20 - November 24, 2019): The world is a volatile place today. People are on edge as tensions rise and divides deepen around race, indigenous peoples, immigration, gender, sexuality, environment and more. Feeling the heat? Option 1: Wait for it to all blow over. Option 2: Engage. Stepping into the heat isn’t as hard as it may seem. It starts with hearing the voices that have long been ignored. Fabric is spending Oct and Nov exploring what it means to hear these voices and to dismantle the traps that have silenced them. Sound too hard or heavy? Well, you can always wait for it to all blow over... 

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Learning the F Word

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Learning the F Word

Learning the F-Word (September 8-October 13, 2019): You can use the F word to hurt someone but if you really want to really mess with them, try the other F word: Forgiveness. Most of us get it all wrong, we think forgiveness is weak and unfair, a nice way to keep the peace at best. Nope. The forgiveness we talk about has the power to change things. But be careful, it won’t just change the other person, but you too. No wonder we don’t use it.

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