The Official Swiss L'Abri Fellowship Blogtag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog/32012-01-31T00:36:58Z::: Keeping you updated with L'Abri Fellowship Events, News, Thoughts and Writings. ::: www.labri.orgMovable Type 3.2ysb5-20051201Reflection for the Week- January 30th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3242012-01-31T00:36:07Z2012-01-31T00:36:58ZPseudo-gospel babblers in church and culture are taking all too many for a ride to nowhere. Practioners of the real call to good news will want to voice care and concern for those trapped in the fake and dubious, while...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- January 23rd, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3232012-01-24T02:56:16Z2012-01-25T02:59:03ZThe real problem for philosophy remains, as it has been throughout time, subjectivity, not objectivity.Dr. Gregory J. Laughery...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- January 16th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3222012-01-17T04:54:43Z2012-01-17T04:56:24ZA post post-modern malaise permeates the cultural landscape. Political deceit, economic oppression, and social blindness are gaining ground. While the O(other) was of momentary curiosity, the play now goes on and the discourse of a secular kingdom, demeans what it...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- January 9th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3212012-01-10T04:25:02Z2012-01-10T04:25:57ZDrifting away into arctic waters, our hearts and minds slip into glacial uncharted seas. The cold seems as unbearable, as does the lack of direction. Gasps of warmth dissipate and the compass freezes. To be chilled and lost leaves deep...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- January 2nd, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3202012-01-02T13:37:16Z2012-01-04T13:38:40ZWalking through the shadows of death is a lifelong journey. As we ramble along, there will be struggles to find the way. The promise of God in Christ is light, a piercing and revealing action that illuminates the path, and...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- December 26th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3192011-12-26T22:00:19Z2011-12-29T19:10:37ZI hope the 50 or so Reflections of the Week and other posts this year have been helpful, challenging, and spiritually illuminating. A special thanks to you for taking time to ponder the thoughts expressed here, make comments, and support...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- December 19th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3182011-12-19T21:58:03Z2011-12-19T22:00:08ZDeeply engraved with complexity and mysteriously forged by extravagance, the drama of the biblical and natural world informers presents significant challenges for readers, taking us to the limits of imagination. Pushing reality to the edges raises questions and issues that...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- December 12th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3172011-12-13T03:52:39Z2011-12-13T03:54:34ZIntentionality is a moveable key to fidelity and commitment. Pledging ourselves to God and the other therefore far surpasses any form of self-constancy with its desperate staticity and facile regulation of obstacles and problems. Placing inertia, mired in stoicism over...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- December 5th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3162011-12-06T03:59:08Z2011-12-06T04:00:10ZTragic wisdom and practical wisdom are related and distinct. They are related as to wisdom of action, but distinct in the sense that the tragic creates difficult tensions and irresolvable problems. Tragedy disorients action, yet practice becomes the best response...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- November 28th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3152011-11-28T19:40:42Z2011-11-30T03:53:52ZAwakening to a balmy sky, as glimmering vistas escape into clouds and mist, creates a sense of the slippage and eventual loss of time. Eternity beckons, but only for a lingering moment and then its gone. Caught up into the...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- November 21st, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3142011-11-21T19:38:35Z2011-11-23T19:40:18ZBroken promises and betrayals of trust leave deep wounds in our flesh and bones. Fear and suspicion then become our primary skills in coping with scar tissue, which leaves its mark in the memory of our being. Yet the call...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- November 14th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3132011-11-15T04:10:31Z2011-11-15T04:11:30ZJesus calls his followers to have faith, as he himself does, in God. There is so much in and around us that lures us into a false sense of hope and security, while having faith in God is a challenge...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- November 7th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3122011-11-08T03:57:45Z2011-11-08T03:59:03ZIn Christ God was reconciling the world to himself. God has declared, through Christ and the arrival of the New Covenant, that he no longer counts sins against us. This act and message of reconciliation is handed over to God’s...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- October 31st, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3112011-11-01T02:57:12Z2011-11-02T03:03:45ZWhen we lose the ability to understand that centaurs and dragons are more real than technology and mechanics, we’re in deep trouble. Impoverished imaginations create unfaith and a loss of meaning, neither of which have anything to do with following...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- October 24th, 2011tag:labri.org,2011:/swiss/blog//3.3102011-10-25T02:55:59Z2011-10-25T02:56:26ZSometimes it seems our lives are going so well – at least no disasters or catastrophes – yet our faith is waning and losing traction. Where’s God and where are we in the story line? The continuity and repetition of...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>