catapult magazine: unite.learn.serve
this issue
vol. 6, num. 20
2007-11-02 — 2007-11-16
Whether we name it or not, our actions fundamentally emerge from a worldview, a way of understanding who we are and what our responsibility is in the world. The values that compose a worldview can come from many sources, can be absorbed intentionally or unintentionally, can lead to service or destruction.
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!
feature
Heaven’s gated communities
by Daniel de Roulet
How did contemporary evangelicalism catch such a dreadful disease?
articles
EditorialAargh, are ye me matey?
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
Certain manners of conviction can leave us feeling like outcasts in the empire.
To tell the story
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
An interview with Brenda Truelson Fox, director of the film Conviction.
Losing my convictions
by Ryan Snuffer
How letting go can turn into holding on in a better way.
ArticleInterrupting God
by Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam
Two conversions become reflected in two different lexicons and perceptions of language.
A decameron of sneaky honesties
by Benjamin Seeberger
A tour of some of the author’s formative memories in search of the pattern of convictions.
ArticleLies and the impeccable word
by Barbara Zielinski
What the parable of the rich man and Lazarus can teach us about discerning lies.
reviews
A dream within a dream
by Raymond Blanton
On cinema conviction and Ang Lee’s Lust Caution.
Film ReviewDrowning in culture
by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
A review of Deepa Mehta’s Water.
Grant’s recommendations 11.2.07
by Grant Elgersma
A little Julie Lee, some Beginning to Pray, and a good dose of Transformers.
gallery
You Can Ponder While You Stand, But By All Means, Stand
by Neil E. Das
Untitled
by Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam
Untitled
by Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam
I Can Do It
by Raymond Blanton
in case you missed it the first time
ArticleThe fellowship of the guilty
by Stephen Mitchell
?By one man sin entered the world, and death by sin and so death passed upon all men.?
ArticleComing down now
by Margie Haack
Learning to live together in a house built on a foundation of public promises.
ArticleRegarding judgment
by David Howard Malone
Are we necessarily caught between conviction and relativism?
weaving the web
Sojourner’s MagazineThe Courage of Conviction
Jim Wallis interviews Senator Mark Hatfield upon his retirement in 1996.
Orion MagazineWhat Fundamentalists Need for their Salvation
David James Duncan lays down the ideological gauntlet “in defense of truth, stewardship and neighborly love.”
the back page
- The TennesseanGod and art: Nashville's religious communities bridge the gap
- The New York TimesThe pursuit of justice vs. the pursuit of peace
- Weekend AmericaEat Well, Pay What You Can
- Yale University ReflectionsSoli Deo Gloria
- The New York TimesSpain, grappling with illegal immigrants, tries forgiveness
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