catapult magazine: unite.learn.serve
this issue
vol. 7, num. 5
2008-03-07 — 2008-03-21
Reflections during the end of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week on art and transformation. What is the nature of the effect a piece of art can have on its audience? What roles to symbol and story play at this time of year?
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new resources!
*culture is not optional is excited to introduce the first two books in our new Road Map Series. Do Justice: A Social Justice Road Map and Eat Well: A Food Road Map both collect essays, artwork and resources lists to serve as an introduction to exploring what faithfulness might look like in each of these areas of life. They're only $7.50, so you can get one for yourself and one to share!
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feature
On becoming an “artist,” pied beauty and art in community
by Neil E. Das
A talk and slide show from the author's recent photography exhibit.
articles
EditorialWonder-working power
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
Can a concert be more healing than a visit to the doctor?
Article
Tenebrae and the enactment of faith
by Deborah Leiter
Rituals of Passion Week, discovered over a lifetime, can remind us of who we are, who Christ is.
ArticleCreation and culture
by Stefanie Moser
An artist explores her journey of expression and faith.
Article
A harmonious confluence
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
An interview with Peter Hicks of the band Aradhna.
ArticleThe artful bulletin
by Denise Frame Harlan
On how a requisite page became a blank canvas for an entire congregation.
reviews
Film Review
We’re not here
by Raymond Blanton
A reflection on I’m Not There, a new film about Bob Dylan.
Film Review
Grant’s recommendations 3.7.08
by Grant Elgersma
Reviews of two documentary tours, one of the American South to discover evangelical Christianity and one around the world to explore the nature of human ambition.
gallery
Photography
Ashes, Ashes
by Neil E. Das
PoetryLenten Fast
by Stephen Vander Woude
Photography
Transformation
by Raymond Blanton
in case you missed it the first time
Article
Art, faith and Warhol
by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin
A session on the art of Andy Warhol, with an introduction by Dayton Castleman.
ArticleA story before bed
by Amy Boerman-Cornell
Reflection on a nighttime ritual that fills various kinds of needs.
Book Review
Turning again
by Henry Bakker
A double review of The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen Armstrong and You Can Go Home Again by Gene Logsdon.
weaving the web
Orion MagazineHealing sculpture
Photos and text on Daniel McCormick’s art installations that help restore damaged watersheds.
Minds in the MakingMime of life
Todd Farley on the late Marcel Marceau, his mentor in the art of mime.
Bread and Puppet Theater
A circus with no animals, puppets of all sizes and free bread? The circus got too big to maintain, but check out the theater that imagined the idea.
the back page
- Weekend AmericaEat Well, Pay What You Can
- Yale University ReflectionsSoli Deo Gloria
- The New York TimesSpain, grappling with illegal immigrants, tries forgiveness
- Salon.comWhy is gas so expensive?
- DebtonationThe coming first world debt crisis
recent discussion
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recent *cino blog entries
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