The True Object of Human Longing: Re-embracing Dominion and Trust (Ben Keyes)

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 strangers in his home was a normal thing. From an earl…

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

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 redemption and restoration of true humanness. How might poe…

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

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, reactive to conflicts already burning. Christian peacemaking …

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

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 considered – from “Benedict’ to ‘Wilberforce” and everythin…

Pursuing Freedom in a Culture of Choice (Phillip Johnston)

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 awash in options, a condition that has led to increas…

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

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 with the help of recent neurological and sociological res…

The Ark of Speech (Dave Friedrich)

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 hospitality that we give each other, exchanging words and silen…

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

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 word “Evangelical” has come to signify a voting block m…

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)

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 some of us to make room for sadness than for anger, e…

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

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 harassment and assault, primarily against women, to the fore…