catapult magazine

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.

Wonder-working power

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Can a concert be more healing than a visit to the doctor?

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.

Creation and culture

by Stefanie Moser

An artist explores her journey of expression and faith.

A harmonious confluence

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An interview with Peter Hicks of the band Aradhna.

The artful bulletin

by Denise Frame Harlan

On how a requisite page became a blank canvas for an entire congregation.

We’re not here

by Raymond Blanton

A reflection on I’m Not There, a new film about Bob Dylan.

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.

Ashes, Ashes

by Neil E. Das

Lenten Fast

by Stephen Vander Woude

Transformation

by Raymond Blanton

Art, faith and Warhol

by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin

A session on the art of Andy Warhol, with an introduction by Dayton Castleman.

A story before bed

by Amy Boerman-Cornell

Reflection on a nighttime ritual that fills various kinds of needs.

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.

Healing sculpture

Orion Magazine

Photos and text on Daniel McCormick’s art installations that help restore damaged watersheds.

Mime of life

Minds in the Making

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.