Cover

The parish that works [1]

By Kristen Hannum
Faith communities need balance sheets and bar graphs like any nonprofit, consultants say. What happens when parishes apply the best practices of business.

Sidebars:

Business schooled: Experts weigh in on church management [2]

Resources for parishes that want to work [3]

Interview

The times, they were a'changing [4]

An interview with church historian Mark Massa, S.J.
Love them or hate them, the 1960s changed the church for good. The biggest change was the idea that the church can actually change.

Sounding Board

Take no chances [5]

By Beth Haile
Put down that bingo card. Games of chance are a bad way to balance the parish budget. In Feedback readers wonder how much harm a raffle ticket does.

Feature

Come follow me [6]

By Roxane B. Salonen
Here's a status update on how Catholics are following and friending each other in the brave new world of social media.

Sidebars:

One Tweet too many? Take a social media fast
 [7]

Father Blogger: How one priest is using social media [8]

Sharing the Faith with online video [9]

Essays

(Essays, short stories, and poems are not available online.)

First draft of the First Letter to the Corinthianss

By Brian Doyle
What does duct tape have to do with love? Brian Doyle sticks them together in ways St. Paul never could have imagined.

Godspotting

By Jo McGowan
India and the United States may be on opposite ends of the belief spectrum, but both cultures must make a case for God that includes everyone.

Reconcilable differences

Sight unseen


Departments

Editors' Note

You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)

Signs of the Times (News)

Catholic Tastes (Humor)

Culture in Context: Music, film, and book reviews [10]

At Home with Our Faith [11]  (Family spirituality)

Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)

Glad You Asked: What is the Catechism of the Catholic Church? [12]

Columns

The Examined Life: Women and children last [13]
By Bryan Cones

Margin Notes: Little house in the big city [14]
By Kevin Clarke

Culture in Context: Home economics
By Patrick McCormick

Testaments: I'm gonna keep on loving you
By Alice Camille