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English L'Abri
Lectures old and new from workers and guest lecturers at English L'Abri, a residential study center and community open to guests seeking a welcoming place to ask life’s many questions. For more information, visit englishlabri.org englishlabri.substack.com
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Reflections on the Quiet Revival (Jim Paul, English L'Abri worker)
In April 2025, the Bible Society published a report which showed a 'Quiet Revival’ in UK churches, with a surprising increase in young people attendin...
The Rashomon Effect: Narratives of Doubt and Consensus from the Age of the Book to Game (Dr. Mike Sugimoto, Professor of Asian Studies at Pepperdine University in California)
What does it mean for a society or individual to believe things in common, when contemporary society is marked increasingly by customized news sources...
Freedom from the Lie of Proof (Chris Swanson, President, Gutenberg College, USA)
Our culture's crisis of confidence in knowledge is the culmination of a long history of the search for certainty. The Bible's picture of knowing, howe...
Holding on to Hope. Walking with Viktor Frankl and Hobbits (Eli Kappelgaard, Psychologist)
How do we hold on to hope and a sense of meaning when life is difficult? We’ll explore what the psychiatrist Viktor Frankl discovered in his search fo...
Beginning the Conversation: Disability and The Kingdom of God (Ali Kendall, friend of English L'Abri)
Amy Julia Becker, a Disability Theologian says “I’ve come to believe that if I understand God’s logic around disability, I’ve come to understand God’s...
Our Bodies: Necessary liability or meaningful gift? (Joel Barricklow, English L'Abri worker)
“My hope is to put forward a positive vision of what God created our bodies for. Why did God give us bodies?” - Joel Barricklow
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What if I don’t experience the God I’m supposed to believe in? (Zack Eswine, Author, Speaker, Pastor Founder “Sage Christianity”)
In this lecture, we identify three common barriers that rob our felt sense of God and rediscover where God might be found.
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Grace in the Making: Art, Faith, and the Practice of a Creative Life (Alastair Gordon, Artist & Author)
What does it mean to live creatively in a world shaped by pressure, productivity, and performance? Drawing on his forthcoming book, Grace In the Makin...
My Ark of the Covenant (Liviu Mocan, Sculptor)
Internationally acclaimed Romanian sculptor, Liviu Mocan, explores some of his works to show how art can be a window between heaven and earth — an ark...
Wellness Culture: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Joel Barricklow, English L'Abri worker)
This lecture explores the promises, products, and people of 'Wellness Culture'. After a brief history of the movement, we explore how capitalism, scie...
Utopian Dreams/Dystopian Nightmares — finding Christian hope for the future (Jim Paul, English L'Abri worker)
While some dream of a society where perfect justice is enacted or where technology allows us to live in pleasure and plenty, others foretell nightmare...
The Strongest Force in the World: The Spiritual Formation of Corrie ten Boom (Marta Crilly, Head of Public Services, Burns Library, Boston College)
In 1944, fifty-two year old Dutch watchmaker Corrie ten Boom was arrested by the Gestapo for sheltering Jews. After surviving Ravensbruck and losing m...
One Day I'll See You Face to Face: Encountering the Stranger (Ingvild Hellenes, L'Abri worker)
People are more important than things. And yet our lives are full of interactions with invisible strangers who make our things. Who are they? And how...
Ascension in Art: Using images to explore a neglected area of our theology (Nigel Halliday, Art historian)
This lecture covers different artistic interpretations of Jesus’ Ascension, from early Eastern Orthodox icons to Renaissance and Baroque paintings, hi...
Redemptive Hiding: Visual and Verbal Poetics in Bruegel & Dostoevsky (Christina Eickenroht, PhD student, St. Andrews)
What have the cluttered landscapes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder to do with the complex plots of Fyodor Dostoevsky? In each, we find subtle allusions to...
Embracing Dominion in an Age of AI (Phillip Johnston, Hope Church Greatham)
At the heart of the Bible’s understanding of what it means to be human is the concept of dominion: “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, afte...
Searching for Home: belonging, identity, and finding our place (Jo Swinney, A Rocha)
What does home mean in a world of fracture and individualism, when moving house, job and even country is common, and even if we stay, the places we lo...
Bonus: The Doors of the Ocean - Hope for the Hurting. An Interview with John O'Callaghan (Author, Newcastle, Australia)
In this special episode Evan Shelton interviews John O’Callaghan about his book The Doors of the Ocean - Hope for the Hurting. John’s book features po...
Christ: The Key to the Scriptures (Alastair Roberts, Author and Lecturer)
The New Testament presents Christ as the one in whom the deeper meaning of the Scriptures is disclosed. How does Chrsit transform the way that we hear...
It’s Complicated: Jane Austen’s Families (Dawn Merz, Lacey Shelton - L’Abri Workers, Christa Johnston - Austen Enthusiast)
This year marks the 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. While much attention is given to Austen’s romances, her novels are rich in depictions of...
Living Faith with Both Sides of the Brain (Jim Paul, L’Abri Worker)
In his most recent books The Master and His Emissary (2009) and The Matter with Things (2021), psychiatrist and neuroscientist Ian McGilchrist has exp...
The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola (Sue Halliday, Retired Professor of Marketing, Trained Spiritual Director)
The Spiritual Exercises offer an experiential process of pondering (originally in a silent retreat of some 30 days) the Bible story, focusing on obser...
Substantial Healing Through Practising Resurrection (Hadden Turner, Writer)
Though we live in a beautiful world, we don’t have to look far to see that creation is groaning. And much of this groaning is under the weight of our...
Sheep’s Guts Haling Men’s Souls — an exploration of the power of music (Evan Shelton, L'Abri Worker)
Composer Sir James MacMillan describes music as “the most spiritual of the arts” and yet the making and hearing of music is such a physical, embodied...
The Call to Childlike Maturity (Priscilla Leigh, Life Coach, Youth Leader HTB)
The Bible calls us to live in several realities that can at best seem like a confusing tension sometimes, at worst a contradiction. Two such realities...
The Intimacy Deficit (Ed Shaw, Ministry Director at “Living Out” & Pastor of Emmanuel City Centre Bristol)
To flourish as human beings, we each need to be connected to creation, others, ourselves, and our Creator. In this lecture Ed unpacks material from h...
The Secret Chord: Honesty, Truth and Beauty in the Arts (Andrew Petersen, recording artist, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, publisher, author)
Please note that the ideas expressed in this lecture do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship.
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Bonus - William Blake and the Power of the Imagination (Mark Vernon, psychotherapist, writer, former Anglican Priest)
Mark Vernon provides a fresh route into Blake, taking him at his word. Exploring his writings, artwork and life, Vernon illuminates Blake’s vivid worl...
The Story of Scripture: Seeing the Bible as One Unfolding Story of Redemption (Anna Ochoa, MA Biblical & Theological Studies)
The entire Bible, both Old and New Testament, can be seen as one unfolding narrative of redemption told by One Author. However, the Bible can often be...
The Second Sexual Revolution: Disintegration (Phillip Johnston, Hope Church Greatham)
The Western world has been shaped by two sexual revolutions. In a previous lecture, we saw how early Christianity ushered in the first revolution with...
The Paradox of Limitations (Lacey Shelton, L’Abri Worker)
To be human is to be limited. Many of the most triumphant moments of history have occurred, however, when mankind has found a way to exceed beyond the...
Why Does Nature Matter? Why Belief Counts for Tree Frogs (Peter Harris, A Rocha)
Please note that the ideas expressed in this lecture do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship.
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Tacit Knowledge in Crisis (Krisztina Mair, Lecturer in Philosophy, Ethics, and Apologetics, Oak Hill College)
We will explore how Polanyi’s concept of tacit knowledge offers a path forward in an era of uncertainty and ideological division. As truth becomes inc...
What on Earth is Heaven? Ecological Implications of the New Creation (Jim Paul, L’Abri Worker)
Please note that the ideas expressed in this lecture do not necessarily represent the views of L’Abri Fellowship.
For more resources, visit the...
George MacDonald and Reformed Influences on His Life (Joyce McPherson, Covenant College, Professor of English)
Joyce will incorporate her research on MacDonald's love for Pilgrim's Progress as well as the influence of Thomas Chalmers's sermons.
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The Theology & Philosophy of Ageing - Dr. Charles Taliaferro, Professor St Olaf College & Author
How should we think of ageing? Is it the same as getting older? Is ageing or getting older good? Is being young and youthful the same thing? Does Chr...
All Artists Are Liars (Revd Dr Mark Meynell, Director Langham Partnership)
Truth-telling through illusions and the suspension of disbelief. Mark will play around with a pan-arts approach and show that every art form is inevit...
Is God in Nature? (Jim Paul, L’Abri Worker)
How we think of nature is vitally important for shaping our relationship with the natural world. Many Christians are functional materialists in their...
A Doubtful Saint : The Life and Work of Philip Yancey (Lacey Shelton, L’Abri Worker)
Philip Yancey is one of the highest-selling evangelical authors in the modern era, with over 15 million English books in print. He has made an impress...
Leading and Following in the Spiritual Footsteps of Jesus (Peter S Williams, Christian Philosopher & Author, Southampton)
Peter presents his recent work on Christian leadership. What makes someone a "leader"? What does leadership have to do with spirituality, rhetoric and...