catapult magazine :: Hope and Cynicism

catapult magazine: unite.learn.serve

this issue

vol. 6, num. 22
2007-11-30 — 2007-12-14

The temptation is strong, as we navigate daily through a broken world, to submit to the despair of cynicism. And yet we know hope is valid and necessary. So how do we maintain hope without closing ourselves off to reality? How do we entertain essential critique without becoming immobilized by powerlessness?

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feature

Teach us to number our days, oh Lord

by Molly Sabourin

A thorough explanation of what it means to make every day significant.

Thy will be done

by Molly Sabourin

Explores the spiritual discipline of releasing long-term personal expectations in exchange for more microscopic endeavors toward becoming like Christ.

Acquire the Spirit of peace

by Molly Sabourin

How would such a pursuit our families, our community, and our society at large?

articles

Editorial

Haunted by hope

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A reflection on expectations at the initiation of another Advent.

Article

Anarchism and hope

by Jason Barr

An exploration of the definition of anarchism and what Kingdom truth it can speak into contemporary culture.

Article

Strategies for hope

by B. Elaine Bryant

On working for hope and peace as an intercessor and a grappler.

Article

Dreamers vs. Dreamingers

by Adam Smit

A freelance development worker reports on the state of Africa and his own sense of hope.

Article

Remembering hope

by Jeffrey Bouman

With daily reminders of all of the reasons we have to despair, how can anyone possibly hold onto hope?

Article

Shreds of hope

by Troy Cady

The prayers, poems, verses and quotes that help form an understanding of hope.

Article

Reality and hope

by Barbara Zielinski

A pastor presents a message of Advent hope to a small congregation in the middle of uncertainty.

reviews

Film Review

Hocynipecism

by Raymond Blanton

Emotional gleanings from the film Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.

Film Review

Grant’s recommendations 11.30.07

by Grant Elgersma

Two documentaries, with Sicko telling the sad story of U.S. healthcare and Let the Church Say Amen telling the story of a small congregation in Washington, D.C.