catapult magazine

vol. 11, num. 8 :: 2012.04.13 — 2012.04.26

Jesus as a shepherd: it's a common, provocative image that describes what kind of leader he is. So how do those of us who have our own flocks to tend model (or fail to model) this kind of leadership? Stories from the perspectives of both the shepherds and the sheep.

Feature

Lost ideas

by Jeremy Bear

Reflections from an art director on aesthetic shepherding.

Editorial

Bad shepherd

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Confessions of a natural-born leader.

Articles

We all like sheep

by Kristen Stewart

How our kids pick up on the differences between hired hands and good shepherds.

We’re not in Kansas anymore

by Jim Schmotzer

Do the Bible’s agricultural metaphors translate to today’s North American society?

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Interrupting God

by Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam

Two conversions become reflected in two different lexicons and perceptions of language.

Leading with humble hands

by Jessica Groen

Excavating the meaning and practices of humility.

Leading for the common good

by Martin Wiles

Lessons in leading from Nehemiah and the city council.

Weaving the web

Behind the pulpit

Killing the Buddha

David S. Brenner writes on, “Are you talking to me?” and other tough love questions from the Church.

The Listening Room speaks

The Curator

Rebecca Parker reports from an experimental musical event in Richmond, Virginia.

Leadership and the problem of identity

Comment Magazine

Charles Packer and Hazel Packer explore Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic poem with leadership in mind.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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