Swiss L'Abri
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Swiss L'Abri
Podcast of the lectures and conversations occurring at L'Abri Fellowship Switzerland
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11 episodes
Grappling with Grace -- Richard Bradford
Grace is something we talk about all the time and is central to the Christian message. But it is all too often not our lived reality. This episode is...
Metaphor and Worldview – Aaron Fortune
A look at the notion of metaphor, informed by the work of Lakoff and Johnson, and what it adds to the how we understand systems of belief.
Singleness and Disenfranchised Grief – Katrina Fortune
An examination of how disenfranchised grief and ambiguous loss can complicate the experience of undesired singleness.
On Living in the Desert – Jacob Marques Rollison
This guest lecture examines what we may learn from looking at the theme of desert in the Bible. To do this, Dr. Marques Rollison presents a look at a...
Is God a Social Construct? – Dave Friedrich
This is a cross post from another one of our branches (the L'Abri near Boston). It is about the issue of whether God is a projection and how we often...
Imagination and Hope – Aaron Fortune
Our imaginations are things that we talk about a lot, but sometimes its hard to take them seriously. We will look at how they are important to our liv...
Irony, Cynicism & Hope -- Richard Bradford
We live in a society that many of us feel leaves much to be improved. As we are trying to imagine a better world, we can get trapped and discouraged....
Coping with Depression by Prisca Sandri
This episode is the personal reflection of former worker Prisca Sandri on her depression and how she advises others who also struggle.
A Sociological Approach to Doubt/De-conversion by John Marriott
This week we are pulling out a lecture that was given last summer by one of our guest lecturers, Dr. John Marriott. Professor Marriott teaches at Biol...
Boredom by Richard Bradford
Discuss lecture at http://swisslabri.org/2020/05/11/podcast-boredom-bradford/
Why are we so bored? What does this mean for us spi...
Authenticity by Richard Bradford
Lecture on authenticity and self-expression in dialog with the ideas of the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor.