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This week's episode features audio from a workshop with Nickaela Fiore-Keyes, Sarah Chestnut and Robb Ludwick entitled, "What if you Want to Come to L’Abri?"
A number of the participants in the Nashville conference shared an interest in visiting one of the L'Abri branches. Many of the branches are currently making preparations for those who will visit this autumn.
The workshop began with a short description of what it would be like to come to a branch of L’Abri as a student, but most of the time was used for discussing questions from those in attendance.
Audio:
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Videos:
Ben on a day at L’Abri
Sarah on a week at L’Abri
Anna on a term at L’Abri
Resources mentioned:
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
Other Resources:
Interesting article about L'Abri by Mary McCampbell
Interesting video about L'Abri with Joshua and Sarah Chestnut
Nickaela is the co-director of L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough. She first came to L’Abri in 2003 from California, after graduating from Azusa Pacific University. From 2005-2007, Nickaela and her husband Ben attended Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, where she studied Theology and Culture.
In 2007, while pregnant with twin girls, she and Ben returned to work at L’Abri in Southborough. She enjoys reading, being at the ocean, quiet mornings and comfy pants. On any given evening, Nickaela can be found working on her letterpress in her basement or making jewelry.
She has three children: twin girls and a son who all attend the Imago School and are a constant source of joy, goodness, perplexity, and wonder.
Sarah grew up in a small, rural community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, outside Yosemite National Park. Her parents own a small furniture manufacturing business and she has fond childhood memories of days spent at the workshop making sawdust and woodchip pizzas with her younger sister.
After college, Sarah taught English in the Czech Republic for two years, then went to Regent College in Vancouver, BC for her Master’s in Christianity and the Arts, where she met Joshua. The Chestnuts have been at Southborough L’Abri since 2013. They have two children, Jacob and Lily.
Sarah loves writing poetry, gardening, and making sourdough bread. She also loves the stone walls of New England, the walking trails near L’Abri, and Indian food.
Autumn used to be her favorite season, but after five winters in Southborough, now it’s Spring. Sarah makes pizza for family pizza night every week—not with sawdust and woodchips.
Robb lives and works at L’Abri Fellowship in the Netherlands with his wife and four children. Alongside rendering hospitality and mentoring L’Abri guests, Robb teaches and writes regularly on cultural apologetics and personal spirituality. He holds degrees in literature, pastoral theology and philosophical anthropology.
Nickaela and Sarah live and work at the Southborough branch of L'Abri.
Rob lives and works at the Dutch branch of L'Abri.
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Southborough, MA
Rochester, MN
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England
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Switzerland
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Brazil
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