catapult magazine

Stories on display

by Kari Stewart and James Stewart

Artwork in the home reminds a couple of where they’ve been and whom they wish to remember.

Art is in the house!

by Reverend Lawrence W. Farris and Pat Farris

A conversation between married partners about the ideas behind the art that decks their walls and shelves.

By quiet example

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A mother’s hobby becomes a subtle lesson in creativity and community.

A castle community

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An interview with Monique Sliedrecht, artist-in-residence at Freswick Castle in northern Scotland.

Black Pete at the manger?

by Bert Witvoet

A family’s storytelling and costuming tradition reveals the disconnect between Christmas and gift giving.

A night with the hunter

by Raymond Blanton

On creating an in house art house with a classic film.

Grant’s recommendations 12.14.07

by Grant Elgersma

A history of 20th century music and films about the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl and what went wrong with the occupation of Iraq.

Not so

by Neil E. Das

Tree of Life

by Raymond Blanton

Spinning a yarn

by Denise Frame Harlan

A family tradition of "making things" leads to a very rewarding waste of time.

The designed object

by Lee Fletcher

A workshop presented at Practicing Resurrection at Russet House Farm, August 11-12, 2006.

God's love made edible

by David Wenger

The journey of a skill from a hobby to a spiritual discipline.

From "Smurfs" to "Sponge Bob"

by Jason Vande Brake

The author interviews a local mediaphile in order to better understand how cartoons have changed over the last twenty years, what we should look for in good cartoons, and how cartoons affect viewers.

Desperate bureaucrats

Slate.com

Dana Stevens reviews The Lives of Others, a film about artists under surveillance in 1984 East Berlin.

Raising creative children

International Artists Movement

An audio download of artist Makoto Fujimura on applying the creative mandate of Genesis 2 to parenting.