The Official Swiss L'Abri Fellowship Blogtag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog/32012-05-15T03:36:22Z::: Keeping you updated with L'Abri Fellowship Events, News, Thoughts and Writings. ::: www.labri.orgMovable Type 3.2ysb5-20051201Reflection for the Week- May 14th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3392012-05-15T03:35:26Z2012-05-15T03:36:22ZLiving spiritually is enhanced and enriched through the Psalms and their frequent affirmations of and appeals to God’s covenant loyalty. Many of these writings, however, may shock us with their realism. In the midst of our sometimes automatic pilot spirituality,...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- May 7th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3382012-05-08T03:13:27Z2012-05-08T03:14:25ZGod has given us precious creational and salvific rhythms to live. Order and beauty shape and frame the world, while the death and resurrection of Christ extends reality and brings it into an entirely new dimension. These rhythms shake, rattle,...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- April 30th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3372012-05-01T03:31:56Z2012-05-01T03:33:11ZWestern culture is saturated with idols. In our context, there’s no need for pagan temples or shrines to promote idolatry. Money, possessions, sex, the human image, and so forth are constantly dangled before us with the persuasive message – “you...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- April 23rd, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3362012-04-24T01:19:44Z2012-04-24T01:20:37ZAs readers of the Genesis creation accounts today we must realize that we are foreigners to the text and its ancient Near Eastern context, which strikes as strange and unfamiliar, yet we are not excluded from engaging with its God,...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- April 16th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3352012-04-17T03:49:46Z2012-04-17T03:50:53ZGod's way of reconciliation is configured in the death of the Crucified One, which results in not reckoning people's sins against them. God has done everything that there is to be done from his side in order for us to...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- April 9th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3342012-04-10T02:56:10Z2012-04-10T02:57:30ZLife often appears to be like a flickering candle flame, dancing in the textured and stark shadows of nightfall’s gentle breeze. In spite of our frailty, uncertain existence, and fear of being extinguished, the resurrection of Christ gives us great...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- April 2nd, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3332012-04-03T03:25:03Z2012-04-03T03:26:11ZThe wisdom of God consists of God’s plans for the world, including the past (creation), the present (everyday life), and the future (new heaven and earth). The details of the present find their meaning in the whole, which unfolds as...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery
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Reflection for the Week- March 26th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3322012-03-27T03:15:06Z2012-03-27T02:41:09ZWe are increasingly facing uncertain times today. As natural disasters, financial chaos, and unprecedented tragedies proliferate, please pray for all those who are suffering. Pray that relief efforts would actually be able to get to the people in need and...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- March 19th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3312012-03-19T20:00:06Z2012-03-20T04:21:24ZCapital ‘I’, the attempt to be our own ultimate authority, is often thought to only be an expression of “I know it all.” But this is not true. The claim “I know nothing” is equally a declaration of capital ‘...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- March 12th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3302012-03-12T18:34:27Z2012-03-12T18:35:52ZImaginative variations challenge us to be attuned to the poetry and art of life. In contrast to the pervasive and impoverished mantra of being uninterested in a disenchanted world, poetry and art raise the screen and open us up to...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- March 5th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3292012-03-06T04:00:16Z2012-03-06T04:01:25ZCherishing a moment in the mist filled gentle breeze refreshes and awakens the spirit to wisdom. Take the time to be swept away with the clouds, to ride on the stars, and to rise and set with the sun. The...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- February 27th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3282012-02-27T15:00:22Z2012-02-28T04:48:47ZThere is much gloom and darkness in the world and ourselves. Superficial gimmicks, legalistic devices, political treaties, new economic policies, and even one world government will not stem the tide. Scriptured voices point to the light, but the night is...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- February 20th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3272012-02-20T15:15:42Z2012-02-20T16:37:15ZWe live and die in the midst of brokenness and beauty. They both engage us deeply in an insightful and real truth. Why? Life is like this. Our world and our lives, as it were, are cut in two. This...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- February 13th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3262012-02-13T16:46:59Z2012-02-14T16:48:19ZLiving in a world of wonder, exchanged for profit and greed, invites a sense anger. Woe to those who strip the earth of its glory, rob people of their dignity, and propagate darkness. If ever there was a time for...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>
Reflection for the Week- February 6th, 2012tag:labri.org,2012:/swiss/blog//3.3252012-02-07T03:45:02Z2012-02-07T03:46:39ZDisplaced and dislocated. Wandering. Home has drifted away, as quickly as the raging wind sweeping over the glacial, barren, white landscape. Shelter has vanished. Still hoping all is well, - but no, no it’s not. Pain seeps uncontrollably through flesh...L'Abri Admin Dr. Gregory J. Laughery ]]>