Term Dates
Fall 2026: Sept 15th - Nov 19th
Winter 2027: Jan 7th-March 16th
Arts Retreat (theme to come): March 19th-21st
Summer 2027: May 13th-July 22nd
Fall 2027: Sept 9th-Nov 18th
LECTURE SCHEDULE
Lectures begin at 7:30 pm and are held at L’Abri Fellowship
49 Lynbrook Road, Southborough, MA 01772
Join us for tea and treats at 7:15pm
Lectures are free and open to the public
To listen to any past lectures, please visit our podcast or the L’Abri Ideas Library
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*Soup Supper at 6PM: Come for dinner, stay for the lecture Please join us for a soup supper before the lecture on these Fridays: Oct 2nd & Nov 6th Please RSVP by Thursday before the lecture - Southborough@labri.org
Sept 18- Joshua Chestnut
Mental Health as Membership, Part One: Minds, Machines and Shalom
Sept 25- Esther Dalton
"Joy Something Gigantic": Ventures into the Theology of Enjoyment and the Practice of Praise
Oct 2- Ben Keyes (Soup Supper)*
Do We Dare Bargain with God?
Oct 9- Sarah Chestnut
"I think we might be spa people," and Other Surprises from a Summer Sabbatical
Oct 16- Joshua Chestnut
The Human Need for Kindness
Oct 23- Esther Dalton and Emily Fellows
"Heartbreaking, Fabulous, Lovely World": Discovering enchanted reality in the novels of Elizabeth Goudge
Oct 30- W Curt LaFrance Jr, MD, MPH
Neuropsychiatric Ghost Stories
Nov 6- Dick Keyes (Soup Supper)*
What Does it Mean To Be Shameless?
Nov 13- Ben Keyes
Birds of the Kingdom, Part IV: How to Attract a Mate, and Other Mysteries of Sexual Selection
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Jan 16
Why is There Never Enough Time in the Day? Staying Human in an Accelerating World.
Joshua Chestnut
Jan 23
Creativity’s Aid or Undoing?: The Use of Generative AI in Art
Ben Keyes
Jan 30 (Join us for soup supper at 6PM - Just email us and let us know that you would like to join)
What do You do With the Envy You Feel?
Sarah Chestnut
Feb 6
The Day of Small Things: Moments, Manners, and Matters of Building a Life
Esther Dalton
Feb 13
Is There a Christian Challenge to the Culture War?
Dick Keyes
Feb 20
"Getting In and Getting Out": Is Escape through Literature a Good Thing?
Emily Fellows
Feb 27 (Join us for soup supper at 6PM - Just email us and let us know that you would like to join)
The Lesson of the Fig Tree (Jesus' Favorite Tree?)
Esther Dalton
Mar 6
Habitation of Wonder: Tenanting Beauty, Imagining Justice
Mar 13
Friendship with God
Mary Frances Giles
Mar 20 (Join us for soup supper at 6PM - Just email us and let us know that you would like to join)
To Set Out and to Come Home: Two Deep Human Longings
Ben Keyes
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May 30th - Go Slow and Repair Things: Reading Paul's Letter to the Ephesians in Dark Days
Given by Joshua Chestnut
June 6th - A Beginner’s Guide to the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Given by Ben Keyes
June 13th - Relatable Heroism: The Power of Literary Weaklings
Given by Emily Fellows
June 20th & 21st Theme Weekend - A Hall of Portraits: Imitating Christ Through Imitating the Saints
Friday, June 20th - Heroes, New and Used
Given by Dick Keyes
Saturday AM - "Often a Skylark Comes and Sings": The Spiritual Formation of Corrie ten Boom
Given By Marta Crilly
Saturday, PM - Two Portraits -
“Pray for those who persecute you”: The life of civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer
Given by Ben Keyes
There Are Many Ways to Say I Love You: Jesus and Mr. Rogers on the Power of Gentleness
Given by Joshua Chestnut
June 27th - The Incarnation as Interruption
Given by Ben Keyes
July 4 (holiday) - No lecture this week
July 11th - How to Be a Guest
Given by Esther Dalton
July 18th - The Promise of Zion in Isaiah: God's vision for the Nations
Given by Dr. Tom Petter
Find all of Southborough L’Abri’s lectures here.