Swiss L'Abri

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 a wrestling with that tension and a call to better understand the …

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.

An examination of how disenfranchised grief and ambiguous loss can complicate the experience of undesired singleness.

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 …

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 make God in our own image. After the lecture on imagination in our …

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 …

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. …

  This episode is the personal reflection of former worker Prisca Sandri  on her depression and how she advises others who also struggle.

In this episode we have an interview discussing the topic of suffering. This includes reviews of a couple of books on the topic and also a discussion of things that can (or not) help when times are tough. 

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 …

Discuss lecture at http://swisslabri.org/2020/05/11/podcast-boredom-bradford/

Why are we so bored? What does this mean for us  spiritually?  How do we respond to boredom and where does it come from? 

In this lecture we …

Lecture on authenticity and self-expression in dialog with the ideas of the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor.