catapult magazine

Items tagged community

• Radical gathering

  On the relevance of community to September 11

• Some say the Midwest is dying

  A young couple mourns and celebrates the passing of time as they visit the small town of Hospers, Iowa.

• The show must go on

  The Eminem Show combines technical improvements with the same flair for controversy presented in earlier efforts.

• Gentle radicalism

  Despite several flaws in reasoning, Roaring Lambs provides a compelling argument for Christians to transform culture.

• The ties that bind

  A teen-aged boy struggles with the many dimensions of what it means to be his brother's keeper as he cares for his mentally handicapped older brother.

• Building Community

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

• <i>camping is not optional</i> 2002

  Shared vision provides instant community at the annual camping is not optional event.

• Bean-counting and babysitting

  Spending an afternoon in a house that two families share reveals the benefits of an option more families should consider.

• Paradox and the Fall

  Since the Fall, God uses our weaknesses to build community and helps us gain a sense of Eden's bliss.

• Is Halloween a trick or a treat?

  We asked several of our members to respond to the questions, "What was Halloween like for you as a kid? If you have kids, what is your response to it now?"

• 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.

• *cino needs YOU

  As we live in a spirit of gratitude, we can also actively seek to receive God's blessings.

• 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.

• ^camping provides practical community experience

  Two annual camping trips have confirmed the need to periodically share journeys face to face.

• Web of connections

  cino*connect, the online network of *culture is not optional, will bring people together for practical purposes.

• 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.

• Practice for the "real world"

  College students who participate in the *cino off-campus program will learn how to practically apply the principles they're learning in school to life after college.

• A lesson from the Smurfs

  cino*communities aim to inspire a more radical Christian presence in local communities through intentional living houses.

• Tasting the good life

  As small farms around the world are succumbing to corporate agriculture, a southwest Michigan couple is embarking on the road of the small-scale farmer for the first time. An interview and photos tell their story and explain more about Community Supported Agriculture.

• Offering hope for local food sources

  In his first year as a CSA farmer, the author is grounded in the faith values that sustain his hard work.

• Higher education

  Discipleship involves more than just the gathering of knowledge.

• Ain't nothin' noble about it

  A family finds a perfect home in a "changing" neighborhood.

• 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.

• Coolness kills community

  A timeless craze threatens to isolate teen-agers from other people and from God.

• Waiting for the rising

  A few life lessons from the ghosts of my ancestors.

• What kind of community is this?

  How far have we come in a year and where are we headed next?

• Warning: Shared burdens ahead

  Is perpetual exhaustion ever a part of God?s will?

• Growing and living in Christian community

  A conversation with Jon Trott from Jesus People USA.

• Commuting to Africa

  A North American woman finds home on a vast and colorful continent that inspires both incredible joy and difficult questions.