In This Issue
The power of God in the creative vocation.
Tools
(Joseph speaks)
IN MY AUGHT YEARS (that time before teen-dom), somebody
in my family left a hamburger on the stove, which proceeded to
catch afire.
THE TASK of the novelist is to give the devil his due. I will
leave it to the saints to manifest God's presence in their words
and deeds. That is the art of saints.
Creativity comes from inspiration; inspiration comes from spirituality;
spirituality comes from holiness; and holiness comes from God.
All people are created in the image of God and so are spir
Columnists
She lays her smooth head in her mother's lap. Then she folds her long leg-long for a 9-year-old-under herself, hiding the pink satin ballet slipper on her foot.
One can only marvel at couples who successfully manage life in
community alongside their own needs as spouses.
When blizzards closed down cities on the East Coast this past
winter, the media reported on some strange meals people were eating.
Empty supermarket shelves and slim pickings at home led to cre
I am going to begin this story, in a sense, where it ended, and where it will never end.
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Cover Story
IN MY AUGHT YEARS (that time before teen-dom), somebody
in my family left a hamburger on the stove, which proceeded to
catch afire.
THE TASK of the novelist is to give the devil his due. I will
leave it to the saints to manifest God's presence in their words
and deeds. That is the art of saints.
Creativity comes from inspiration; inspiration comes from spirituality;
spirituality comes from holiness; and holiness comes from God.
All people are created in the image of God and so are spir
GOD'S CREATIVITY can be reflected in innumerable ways in our world,
but artists have a particular role. Artists often instinctively
sense changes in society first.
MY WORK AS AN ARTIST is a reflection of God's work of creation
in our society and in the world.
Creativity and spirituality are intimately linked: The place from
which I create is the place I most closely touch God; the piece
of God within us inspires us to create; the Source of all thing
For political writers who see our work as a necessary tool in
the struggle for social change, faith is essential; it determines
and shapes commitment as well as vision.
Features
Jesus answers our cry for spiritual deliverance. A Bible study on Mark 5:1-20.
While many Christians today understand Jesus' prayer as directed
to a God who is both Mother and Father, and while many Christians
prefer more inclusive language such as "reign of God"
over th
Commentary
Columns
She lays her smooth head in her mother's lap. Then she folds her long leg-long for a 9-year-old-under herself, hiding the pink satin ballet slipper on her foot.
One can only marvel at couples who successfully manage life in
community alongside their own needs as spouses.
When blizzards closed down cities on the East Coast this past
winter, the media reported on some strange meals people were eating.
Empty supermarket shelves and slim pickings at home led to cre
I am going to begin this story, in a sense, where it ended, and where it will never end.
As the primary season mercifully draws to a close, our crack H'rumphs
election team has determined that, with most of the delegate votes
tallied for the upcoming Republican convention, Bob Dole
Culture Watch
Huey Long taught us that "all politics is personal."
1970s feminist activists showed us how "the personal is political."
Folk musicians remind us that personal stories have political
implicati
If Pat Buchanan had not roared, grinning and sweaty, through the
American political scene this year, someone would have invented
him: America was waiting for someone to come along and push all
Departments
At altitude on scaffolding to uncover art
is a good dream and I'm still awake
finding I belong up high getting dirty in the rafters
with the monks chanting in the chancel,
and
Cook for a Cause. State of the World. Access to Reinvestment. National Green Pages.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Work in a social service ministry while living in Christian
community in Los Angeles with the Episcopal Urban Intern Program.
Adults ages 21-30
SEVERAL OF the artists who wrote for our forum on the creative vocation touched on the fact that art, like faith, is hard work as well as sweet inspiration.
