Celebrating the Living Witness of People and Places of the Christian
Faith
Saints and sanctuaries are critical parts of the Christian
experience. We learn from those who have gone before or walk alongside us.
When the mission becomes exhausting, we search for havens where we can
recover and find the encouragement we need to continue. This issue seeks
to celebrate the Christian journey; it considers many people who have
traveled in ways we can learn from and the places that supported them as
they carried on.
Contributors
"Prelude"" Sharon Jones on a Moment of Brightness
"Saints, Suffering, and Sanctuaries from Around the World:
Japan, Korea, and China"" Seth Myers on Christian Heroes in Asia
"Cathedral Cosmos: A Glance Heavenward into the Medieval Model": Jason
Monroe on Avoiding Chronological Snobbery
"From Jokers to Fools: The Fire of Notre Dame as a Call to Holiness":
Megan Joy Rials on Modernity, Architecture, and Hope
"Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo": Donald Catchings on
Experiencing Sanctuary
"The Holy Dead: Saints as Sanctuaries": Joe Ricke on Physicality and
Spirituality
"Sestina for Miracle-Seekers" Mary Lou Cornish on Overcoming False
Piety
"Shelter in the Vine: An Unexpected Sanctuary": Charlotte Thomason on
a Spiritual Haven
"Sanctuaries for the Suffering: Trauma and Imagination in
Apologetics": Jesse Childress on Psychological Elements That Influence
Worldviews
"Fire and Water:  Three Kwansabas": Theresa Pihl on Memories of
Ugandan Martyrs
"Adventure & Faith: Lessons from the Life of St. Brendan the
Navigator and Bilbo Baggins": Ted Wright on Voyages and Ventures
"Rest and Reemergence: Rivendell As a Sanctuary": Zak Schmoll on
Healing and Pressing on
"Unforsaken: Fantasy, Providence, and the Silence of God": Clayton R.
Conder on Finding Clarity through the Strange
"Ode to Francis": John Tuttle on a Saint to Study
"But It's Not Fair": Annie Nardone on Lessons from Boethius
"The Offering of St. Ignatius": Annie Crawford on Enduring Pain for
God's Glory
"The Kingdom of Kings and Queens: A Parable": Jesse Baker on a
Transformational Encounter
"The Voyage of the Titan": Zak Schmoll on Wanting Something Better
Cover Art
Our cover illustration was created by Chilean artist, apologist, and
physician Virginia de la Lastra. The stained glass panel illustrates the
beginning of the Great Struggle with the Fall and the saints which led the
charge when the tide began to turn in the Great Reversal: Joseph, Mary,
and John the Baptist.
Spring 2022
Volume 5, Issue 1
270 pages