Art and technology – what’s the difference?

A few weeks ago I visited the English L’Abri Fellowship, where one of the staff, Andy Patton, was giving the weekly Friday night lecture on the subject of How Technology Behaves. (Hopefully it will be available to listen to online on the L’Abri Ideas Library sometime soon.) It was wide-ranging, fascinating and provocative, but one […]

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L’Abri Ideas Library now online

I’ve been to the English L’Abri community a few times, and L’Abri has really helped me in thinking through different aspects of my faith. Back at their film festival in 2008, I heard that they were planning to put their vast library of talks online soon. Over a year later, the L’Abri Ideas Library is […]

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L'Abri Film Festival

Tomorrow I’m off to the English L’Abri community in Greatham, Hampshire for their now annual film festival, Twenty-Four Frames per Second, a weekend of film, lectures and discussion about film. The films include The Lives of Others (2007, dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck), The Great Dictator (1940, dir. Charlie Chaplain), Grizzly Man (2006, dir. Werner […]

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Recovering Goodness, Beauty and Truth

I found an article on Goodness, Beauty and Truth by Andrew Fellows of L’Abri that gives in written form the same argument as a L’Abri lecture of the same title that has had a big influence on the way I think. Well worth a read! An extract from the introduction: Goodness, Beauty and Truth, I […]

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The importance of asking questions

One idea people have about religion is that it means hanging your brain up at the door, and just accepting a certain set of dogmas unquestioningly. Even some Christians view questions with suspicion as something dangerous and insubordinate. On a recent discussion on Ship of Fools, one person argued that: making this concept of supernatural […]

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At L’Abri

I had a great time at the weekend, and I’m now at L’Abri, and having a great time here, too. I only have a few minutes online, so can’t say much now, except that it snowed this morning and I’ve been out throwing snowballs! I’ve taken some pictures, and there should be one of the […]

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