catapult magazine

vol. 12, num. 20 :: 2013.11.01 — 2013.11.14

Throughout history, human cultures have delineated sacred space in a variety of ways, from architecture to artifacts to rituals. And yet, sacred spaces haven’t always been safe spaces—sometimes they’re marked by who feels excluded, marginalized or frightened. What’s the relationship between a sense of the holy and a sense of hospitality, both within and outside of the institutional Church?

Feature

A prayer, a dream, a sacred space

by Brian Walsh

On spaces of encounter at the University of Toronto.

“Sacred” space, desecration and reconciliation

by Brian Walsh

16 theses toward understanding sacred space in the context of the biblical narrative.

Editorial

In the shadow of sacred space

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Walking the pilgrim’s path between the cathedral and the bar.

Articles

Open doors on a dark night

by Gary A. Chorpenning

Notes from a three-hour vigil in a downtown Columbus church on September 11, 2001.

Cathedral

by Ruth Everhart

A pilgrimage begins at St. Patrick’s in New York City.

Into the desert

by June Mears Driedger

Searching for transformation in Joshua Tree National Park.

Sacred places

by Karissa Knox Sorrell

A Christian walks into a Buddhist temple...

Sanctuary

by Chelsea Tanis

Life after college, sleeping in the church basement.

Gallery

Letters Back From Heaven

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

Majunga Sanctuary

by Nicole Carlin

In case you missed it the first time

Under my skin

by Bridget DeYager

A period of service in Haiti leaves a language arts teacher transformed.

Sacredness in the margins

by Deborah Leiter Nyabuti

On the characters who teach us how to accept life around the edges of a big story.

Weaving the web

Dream palace of the revolution

Killing the Buddha

Sam Kestenbaum reports on the spaces of protest in Yemen.

21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville, Arkansas: A review

Ruminate Magazine

Richard Cummings on a surprisingly lovely addition to the community that boasts the WalMart headquarters.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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