Jan 17

Now Thank We All Our God: Singing Hymns from the 30 Years War

Esther Dalton

Jan 24

What is the Abraham sacrificing Isaac story doing in the Bible?

Dick Keyes

Theme Weekend: Our Fractured relationship with Time*

Jan 31  

Becoming Friends with Time

Joshua Chestnut

Feb 1

A.M. Why is it so hard to wait well (and so easy to wait badly)?

Ben Keyes

P.M. Panel Discussion coordinated by Sarah Chestnut

Feb 7

Coping with Anxiety: Mindfulness, Eastern Meditation and Biblical Wisdom

Mardi Keyes

Feb 14

Stones, Onions and Odes: Inspiration for the Hard Work of Being Human (Part 2)

Sarah Chestnut

Feb 21 - THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS -

For those of you who are interested in the 'problem of consciousness,' Ben will give this lecture at a later date!

Feb 28

Listen to Your Lust: Engaging your story to heal from porn use

Jeff Banks

March 7

Nurturing A Capacious Heart: Why Everyone Should Read Kate DiCamillo

Joshua Chestnut

Theme Weekend- Mental Health and the Life of Faith*

March 14 

Stewarding Our Day-to-Day Mental Health

Joshua and Sarah Chestnut

March 15

A.M. lecture TBA

Dr. Brandon Unruh

P.M. lecture TBA

Dr. Brandon Unruh

*Theme Weekend details

• If you would like to join us for the day on Saturday, please email us your reservation to southborough@labri.org the Thursday before. The seminar is free, although there is a suggested donation of $10.00 to offset the cost of lunch on Saturday.

• The Saturday portion of the seminar is given in conjunction with our lecture on Friday evening, however, attendance both days is not required.

• Limited overnight accommodations may be available at L'Abri. Please email southborough@labri.org if you would like to add your name to the waiting list for overnight accommodations, and you will be notified if/when space becomes available.

Sept 13- Mary Frances Giles- Can Anything Good Come from Barbieland? What A Plastic Doll Can Teach Us About Becoming More Human-

Sept 20- Ben Keyes- What is the Faith Jesus is Looking For?

Sept 27- Joshua Chestnut- To Get Where You Want Sometimes You Need to Stay Put: Acedia and the Christian Life

Oct 4- Marta Crilly- Remembering Together: Community Memory and Archives

Oct 11- Esther Dalton - The Way in the Wilderness: a study of Jesus's temptations

Oct 18- Ben Keyes- Birds of the Kingdom Part III, What the Birds are Saying: An Introduction to the Wonders of Birdsong

Theme Weekend                                                          

Vocation: Participating With God’s Work in the World  (click here for more details)

• Friday, Oct 25-  

  • Theological Reflections on Vocation: A Call to Participate With God in Restoration 

Given by Karen Kupelian

• Saturday, Oct 26th

  • Calling, Distraction, Hard Task, Sabbath: Wrestling with Vocation with the Help of Poets

Lecture given by Sarah Chestnut

• Did I Miss My Calling? The Circuitous Path of Vocational Clarity

Workshop/Discussion with Scott Walker from Life/Work Direction

Nov 1- Dick Keyes- What is Christian Nationalism?

Nov 8- Esther Dalton- Chaffinches and Cherubim: Bearing Witness to Glory

Nov 15- Joshua Chestnut -Make Sex Consequential Again: A Consideration of "Sex-Realist Feminism"

May 24 - Ben Keyes
Understanding C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, Part 3: Heaven’s Big Secret

May 31- Joshua Chestnut
Remaining Politically Homeless

June 7 - Ryan Fields
Christ Rules in Ten Thousand Places: A Free Church Account of the Church as Catholic

June 14 - Adam Kurihara
Liturgy is Life: Four frameworks for our gathered worship

June 21 - Marta Crilly
Remembering Together: Memory, Records, and History

June 28 - Sarah Chestnut
Stones, Onions and Odes: Inspiration for the Hard Work of Being Human

July 5 - Ben Keyes
Taylor Swift: Music, Mania & Monopoly

July 12 -Esther Dalton
Human-Sized: (Re)visiting Francis Schaeffer's "No Little People"

July 19 - Ben Keyes
Two Human Longings, Lost and Found