This week's episode features audio from a lecture by Ben Keyes entitled, The True Object of Human Longing: Re-embracing Dominion and Trust.Ben Keyes grew up in Massachusetts at the Southborough L’Abri with the impression that having crowds of

Reflecting on the Incarnation with the Help of Poets: Jesus’ Humanity and Ours (Sarah Chestnut)

May 18th, 2020 1h 29m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop with Sarah Chestnut entitled, Reflecting on the Incarnation with the Help of Poets: Jesus’ Humanity and Ours. The incarnation is central both to the revealing of God to the world and the redem

Early Peacemaking: Can Conflict be Outmaneuvered Before it Starts? (Dick Keyes)

May 11th, 2020 1h 14m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture with Dick Keyes called, "Early Peacemaking: Can Conflict be Outmaneuvered Before it Starts?"Much has been well-said and well-written about conflict resolution. But it is, by definition, reactiv

T.S. Eliot’s Idea of a Christian Society (Jock McGregor)

May 5th, 2020 1h 22m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop with Jock McGregor called, "T.S. Eliot’s Idea of a Christian Society".In our Post-Christian society, as Evangelicals struggle to find their place, a growing number of ‘options’ are being consid

T.S. Eliot’s Idea of a Christian Society (Jock McGregor)

May 5th, 2020 1h 22m

Pursuing Freedom in a Culture of Choice (Phillip Johnston)

Apr 27th, 2020 1h 19m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Phillip Johnston entitled, The Perfect Lie of Liberty - Pursuing Freedom in a Culture of Choice.An inescapable aspect of life today is a constant sense of FOMO (fear of missing out). We are

Cultivating a Hopeful Imagination in a Pornified Culture (Joshua Chestnut)

Apr 20th, 2020 1h 29m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Joshua Chestnut entitled, Cultivating a Hopeful Imagination in a Pornified Culture.In this workshop we will consider some of the fragmenting and dehumanizing consequences of pornography wit

The Ark of Speech (Dave Friedrich)

Feb 10th, 2020 1h 31m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Dave Friedrich entitled, The Ark of Speech.“How far does our hospitality go? How far can it go? What can we welcome and gather in, and how? Hospitality is, first and foremost, the hospitali

America’s Polarized Politics: Can Christians have a Redemptive Role? (Dick Keyes)

Jan 27th, 2020 1h 32m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture with Dick Keyes called, "America’s Polarized Politics: Can Christians have a Redemptive Role?"We live in a society which has created a level of political polarization almost to paralysis. The w

Grief and Anger: Appropriate Responses at the Tomb of Lazarus, in Dylan Thomas’ poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”, and in Our Own Lives (Anna Friedrich)

Dec 16th, 2019 1h 10m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture with Anna Friedrich entitled, Grief and Anger: Appropriate Responses at the Tomb of Lazarus, in Dylan Thomas’ poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”, and in Our Own Lives.It is easier for

What Does the Bible Have to Tell us About Sexual Harassment and #MeToo? (Mary Frances Giles)

Dec 2nd, 2019 1h 2m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop with Mary Frances Giles called, "What Does the Bible Have to Tell us About Sexual Harassment and #MeToo?"Over the course of the past two years, the #MeToo movement has catapulted sexual harass

The Return of the Heart: Restoring Wholeness vs Reinforcing Fragmentation (Robb Ludwick)

Nov 25th, 2019 1h 25m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture by Robb Ludwick entitled, The Return of the Heart: Restoring Wholeness vs Reinforcing Fragmentation.Robb Ludwick lives and works at L’Abri Fellowship in the Netherlands with his wife and four c

Bodies with Meaning: Christianity’s Liberating Sex Ethic (Phillip Johnston)

Nov 18th, 2019 1h 29m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Phillip Johnston entitled, Bodies with Meaning: Christianity’s Liberating Sex Ethic.The historic Christian understanding of sex – that the one proper place for sexual expression is in the c

Living with Contradictory Expectations: A Meditation on “Let it Go” and Other Inspirational Break- up Songs (Ben Keyes)

Nov 12th, 2019 1h 23m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Ben Keyes entitled, Living with Contradictory Expectations: A Meditation on “Let it Go” and Other Inspirational Break-up Songs.Daniel Boorstin wrote of Americans in 1961: “Never before has

There’s a Crack in Everything: The Broken Hallelujah of Leonard Cohen (Dave Friedrich)

Nov 4th, 2019 1h 18m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Dave Friedrich entitled, There’s a Crack in Everything: The Broken Hallelujah of Leonard Cohen. Listen to Leonard Cohen sing about, “what everybody knows”, but what we find hard to accept a

The Lure of Mindfulness (Robb Ludwick)

Oct 28th, 2019 1h 14m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture by Robb Ludwick entitled, The Lure of Mindfulness. Courses in mindfulness as an answer to our stressful and fragmented existence have become popular and common. Exercises in focus and appreciat

Living With Loss (Nickaela Fiore-Keyes)

Oct 21st, 2019 1h 18m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture with Nickaela Fiore-Keyes entitled, Living with Loss. Nickaela Fiore-Keyes is the co-director of L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough. She first came to L’Abri in 2003 from California, after gradua

Friendship and Redemption in the Story of Ruth: How Self-giving Loyalty Changes Everything (Anna Friedrich)

Oct 7th, 2019 1h 18m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture with Anna Friedrich entitled, Friendship and Redemption in the Story of Ruth: How Self-giving Loyalty Changes Everything. Anna Friedrich grew up in southern Virginia, playing guitar, frequentin

Becoming Less Fragile: Self-control as Inner Dominion (Sarah Chestnut)

Sep 30th, 2019 1h 22m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop with Sarah Chestnut entitled, Becoming Less Fragile: Self-control as Inner Dominion. If a biblical understanding of human dominion involves exercising care and responsibility for God’s creatio

Christ and Culture Revisited (Jock McGregor)

Sep 23rd, 2019 1h 4m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop with Jock McGregor called, "Christ and Culture Revisited".Evangelicals have never been more divided or confused about our place in the world. Should we engage the culture on its’ terms or pull

Letting God Be God in a Fragmenting World (Dick Keyes)

Sep 16th, 2019 1h 24m

This week's episode features audio from a lecture with Dick Keyes called, "Letting God be God in a Fragmenting World".Dick Keyes is the former director of Southborough L’Abri Fellowship, where he has worked with his wife and family since 1979.

Moving Out and Moving On – Why It’s Important to Run Away from Home (Mary Frances Giles)

Sep 9th, 2019 53m 55s

Thank you for your interest in the Nashville L'Abri Conference Podcast. Each episode features the audio from one of the lectures or workshops. A new episode will be released each Monday morning. You can subscribe and listen using any podcasting

What if you Want to Come to L’Abri? (Nickaela Fiore-Keyes, Sarah Chestnut and Robb Ludwick)

Sep 2nd, 2019 1h 18m

Scrolling Alone: Staying Human in a Smart-phone Culture (Joshua Chestnut)

Aug 26th, 2019 1h 13m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Joshua Chestnut entitled, Scrolling Alone: Staying Human in a Smart-phone CultureTo receive e-mail updates about the podcast including lecture handouts, articles, books referenced in the le

How to be a Better Lover: Attention in a Distracted World (Phillip Johnston)

Aug 19th, 2019 1h 16m

This week's episode features audio from a workshop by Phillip Johnston entitled, How to be a Better Lover: Attention in a Distracted World. To receive e-mail updates about the podcast including lecture handouts, articles, books referenced in t

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