L'Abri Fellowship - Southborough

Winter TW 2025: Becoming Friends with Time

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Joshua Chestnut

This the first lecture of our first Winter Theme Weekend "Our Fractured Relationship with Time."

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What Is the Abraham Sacrificing Isaac Story Doing in the Bible?

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Dick Keyes

The question asked in the lecture's title has two senses: First, why was the story of Abraham being asked to sacrifice Isaac not censored as inappropriate for respectable Bible readers? And second, what does the story actually do in the whole Biblical narrative?

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Now Thank We All Our God: Singing the Hymns of the Thirty Years War

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Esther Dalton

The Thirty Years War was a period of ongoing hardship and devastation in Europe that proved to be a major turning point towards modernity in world history. What can we learn from the prolific German hymn writers of this time who turned their experiences of suffering into song?

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Make Sex Consequential Again: A Consideration of Sex-Realist Feminism

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Joshua Chestnut

Being a man or woman, relating to oneself, and relating to the opposite sex are not uncomplicated matters in 2024. In this lecture, I will look at the writings of a few contemporary feminists who loosely affiliate under the banner of "Sex-Realist Feminism" to see how they might be able to offer us some help.

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Chaffinches & Cherubim: Bearing Witness to Glory

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Esther Dalton

"Glory" is a common theme in the Bible, but what is it and why does it matter? What does it imply when the angels say the earth is full of God's glory? In this lecture, I want to be curious about glory and about what it means to see it, respond to it, and creatively bear witness to it.

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What is Christian Nationalism?

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Dick Keyes

We will be looking at Christian Nationalism, issues from the current election, and what they might mean for the future of church and country.

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Fall TW 2024: Did I Miss My Calling? The Circuitous Path of Vocational Clarity

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Scott Walker, of Life/Work Direction

The third lecture from our Fall 2024 Theme Weekend Vocation: Participating with God's Work in the World.

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Fall TW 2024: Calling, Distraction, Hard Task, Sabbath: Wrestling with Vocation with the Help of Poets

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Sarah Chestnut

The second lecture and discussion from our Fall 2024 Theme Weekend Vocation: Participating with God's Work in the World.

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Fall TW 2024: Theological Reflections on Vocation: A Call to Participate with God in Restoration

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Karen Kupelian, Physical Therapist, Nashville, TN

The opening lecture and discussion from our fall 2024 theme weekend Vocation: Participating with God's Work in the World.

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Birds of the Kingdom 3: What the Birds are Saying--an introduction to the wonders of birdsong

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough, Massachusetts. For more information, visit https://southboroughlabri.org/

by Ben Keyes

Other than its ability to fly, one of the most noticeable things about a bird is all the noise it makes! Birds make a huge variety of vocalizations, many of which serve specific practical purposes. This third lecture ins the series will be an introduction to the complex world of birdsong. Similarly to Parts 1 and 2, the goal will be to demonstrate that the deeper we delve in our study of creation, the more we will learn about the wisdom of the Creator. Observation, wonder, and worship can all join hands as we reflect on birds and their ability to sing.

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