catapult magazine: unite.learn.serve
this issue
vol. 6, num. 12
2007-06-15 — 2007-06-29
In a 2005 New York Times article, Stephanie Rosenberg writes about the history of the "girl crush", exploring the potential of talking openly about such attractions for helping us understand how women mature emotionally. Topics like "girl crushes" drop in and out of cultural taboo and vary from culture to culture, from era to era, from family to family. This issue will contain reflection on subjects that certain individuals, communities and the Church would rather not discuss.
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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
Sex and spirit
by Barbara Zielinski
An exploration of the link between our bodies and the divine in healthy sexual activity.
articles
Editorial
Don’t talk to me about...anything
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
What do we do when polite conversation has become taboo?
ArticleRed light
by Brenda Heyink
Living with overexposure to pornography and prostitution.
Article
Sex, lies and videotape
by Raymond Blanton
A call for reflection on how media and experience shape our minds.
reviews
Film Review
Do as I say, not as I do
by Raymond Blanton
A review of This Film is Not Yet Rated, a documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America.
Music Review
Bjork’s Volta returns to an old theme
by Grant Elgersma
Exploring the religious roots of Bjork's new album.
in case you missed it the first time
ColumnRedeeming our shock words
by Kate Bowman Johnston
From the vulgar to the profane--is there such a thing as redemptive use of "four-letter words?"
Feature
The role of redemption in the creative process
by David Bazan
A musician's perspective on how the recognition of failure leads to the realization of grace.
ArticleWho's afraid of the big, bad world?
by Bill Boerman-Cornell
What is or is not appropriate for Christians to watch, observe, listen to and participate in? Some answers lie in a close exploration of Philippians 4:8.
weaving the web
New York TimesShe’s so cool, so smart, so beautiful
Stephanie Rosenbloom writes about the phenomenon of the girl crush.
The Christian Vision ProjectGod with us (and them)
David Dark on the objectionable living-out of the Gospel.
Sojourner’s MagazineReplacing songs with silence
Julie Polter on what’s lost when governments stifle musical expression.
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
- How Do You Tell Your Kids Who God Is?
last post: anton
- Watching TV As An Act of Love
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- Feast means joy.
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- Obama's pastor
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- True Lives of Christian Music?
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recent *cino blog entries
- the vg-r collectiveVigilante justice?
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- the vg-r collectiveN.T. Wright on Colbert
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- Hearts & Minds BooksWho Gets to Narrate the World? by Robert Webber
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- the vg-r collectiveAmerican Axle and the labor question
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- the vg-r collective37 N. Main: more demolition
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