catapult magazine

Items tagged church

• Building Community

  What does the Bible say about our responsibility to build community?

• Church is bad (but I still go)

  A meditation on the flawed institution of the church and how it can meet our needs unexpectedly.

• I am the church, you are the church

  Where does *cino stand in relationship to the universal church? Here's an exploration of what our organization is and is not.

• Church in the New World

  We know times are changing, but the question is, how can the church react and respond to those changes?

• Radical vision made real

  A suburban Chicago church is following a difficult but rewarding path in an effort to bridge racial gaps, give away more money, and conform to the biblical model for church.

• Marketing the church

  While general advertising can be a trick to lure in unsuspecting consumers, the church has special considerations when creating and sending out "successful" marketing materials.

• The Church vs. Football

  A modest proposal for a solution to the conflict between the Church and the NFL.

• Church gallery challenges members

  The current show at St. John's, a photography exhibit titled Images of Thailand, exemplifies the efforts of the church to affect culture by displaying the work of regional artists.

• Reviving Acts 2

  *cino acts+two communities propose cooperative education among local churches.

• Why <b>*cino</b> is necessary

  A dream leads to a vision: the role of *cino in working alongside the global Church.

• The Church must change or die

  Brian McLaren's A New Kind of Christian, while evading some difficult questions, puts forth a good argument for the Church's need to adapt to postmodernism.

• At the Lord's table

  Two interviews on the topic of race relations in the Church reveal mixed feelings about both the present situation and future prospects.

• At the Lord's table

  Two interviews on the topic of race relations in the Church reveal mixed feelings about both the present situation and future prospects.

• At the Lord's table

  Two interviews on the topic of race relations in the Church reveal mixed feelings about both the present situation and future prospects.

• Is your church fantasy-friendly?

  On the need to cultivate the fantasy-lives of believers in Spirit-filled churches.

• The Church 2003

  The institutionalized body of believers bears both signs that we've missed the mark and signs that there's a lot to be hopeful about.

• Blessed are those who are persecuted

  An interview with Bob Martin from the Bible League.

• Seeking godly sexuality

  *cino survey reveals a broad range of ideas and models for how we can honor God with our bodies.

• One is the loneliest number

  An exegesis of-sorts of II Timothy 4:9-18.

• Seeking God in 2004

  On the state of Christianity in North America as we approach a significant election.

• Energizing memories

  Can the American church remember its purpose and reclaim its identity?

• In the beginning was the Word

  Charting the history of a relationship with Scripture.

• Repentance and peace in Ireland

  An exploration of repentance in the context of Northern Ireland offers insight into a complex healing process.

• Collaborative creation

  An artist learns to connect his craft with Sunday mornings.

• The Church 2004

  The same event showcases the best and worst of Christian cultural engagment.

• At war with shame

  On using politeness to distance ourselves.

• Good worship

  The worship debate is more complex than ?traditional vs. contemporary? music. What guidance do we have for meaningful worship?

• A room in God?s house

  A collection of impressions of what happened when a Philadelphia Presbyterian church opened its doors to an artists-in-residence program.

• Fleeing community

  For reasons of bad theology to bad taste, sometimes it?s easier to flee than fight.

• Celebrating unity and difference

  An interview with Larry Edward Kamphausen, member of the Community of the Holy Trinity and pastor at the Church of Jesus Christ, Reconciler in Chicago.