catapult magazine

Items tagged Jesus

• Beautiful death

  A challenge to enjoy creation and accept what we cannot understand.

• Church is bad (but I still go)

  A meditation on the flawed institution of the church and how it can meet our needs unexpectedly.

• Historical Jesus

  N.T. Wright continues to explore important questions in Christian Origins and the Question of God series.

• 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.

• A Latin American Christmas creed

  A statement of beliefs fitting for holiday reflection.

• I survived The Passion of The Christ

  The long-awaited film is finally here—what can we make of media opinions now that we can finally see it for ourselves?

• The beauty of holiness, the holiness of beauty

  Through experiencing the holiness of beauty, and through it, experiencing God, we are changed for the better.

• Seeking truth

  Who are the gatekeepers of God?s truth?

• Bound by shame

  On the ability of the gospel?s messengers to bring healing to those who suffer from memories of sexual abuse.

• Driving me nuts

  To the question of what Jesus would drive we can add, ?How would Jesus drive??

• How to create a just society

  Ruminations on the relationship between God?s justice and God?s mercy.

• Kanye for Christians

  Rap artist Kanye West brings a bold mission to America?s dance clubs and radios.

• Jesus Christ, hero

  Breaking through the overuse of the term reveals a less abused meaning.

• The masks we wear

  On the various functions of and responses to masks.

• Born in a barn

  A review of Debbie Blue's collection of sermons titled Sensual Orthdoxy.

• Anarchism and hope

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

• Reality and hope

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

• Live Feed: Christians and Facebook are in a relationship.

  In what ways are Christians responding to new technology, to the detriment or benefit of the Church?

• Shades of joy

  A mother reflects on her children's faith journeys and the complexities of joy for Christian parents.

• Lifting the paradigm

  A daughter considers the legacy of her name in light of an encounter.

• Isolation in community

  What happens when church becomes a social club with unwritten rules?

• Enough

  A short manifesto that's easy to memorize, but not always easy to live.

• Contain yourself!

  What bodies -- young or old or vibrant or dying -- can teach us about God and ourselves.

• Growing up is hard to do

  Nostalgia and regret in remembering the qualities of childhood friendships.

• The Gospel of the Birth Story

  A reading that embraces the images of birth woven throughout the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

• Breaking through

  On the terrible, wonderful mystery of entering the world.

• Big Hope, small hope

  On our ridiculous attempt to walk with students through the valley of despair.

• Pre-guilt and the suffering Herod

  A narrative glimpse into the historic mind of a regretful king.

• Our shrinking souls

  On Emerson's understanding of the soul and the search for divine truth.

• For sale: Jesus

  On the bait-and-switch methods of contemporary evangelism.