catapult magazine :: Autumn, and Then Winter

catapult magazine: unite.learn.serve

this issue

vol. 6, num. 18
2007-10-05 — 2007-10-19

The weather may not be showing it yet, but the northern hemisphere is moving into the fall season and then into winter. This issue will include perspectives from a range of life stages on watching others grow older, growing older ourselves and being caregivers to those in the winter of life.

event

new resources!

*culture is not optional is excited to introduce the first two books in our new Road Map Series. Do Justice: A Social Justice Road Map and Eat Well: A Food Road Map both collect essays, artwork and resources lists to serve as an introduction to exploring what faithfulness might look like in each of these areas of life. They're only $7.50, so you can get one for yourself and one to share!

affiliates

Visit these sites through catapult, purchase something and *cino will get 5-10% of the purchase price.

feature

Funerals in Egypt

by Anne Zaki

Exploring the contrast between Egyptian and North American funerals.

Christian funerals

by Joan Huyser-Honig

A collection of ideas on the structure and purposes of funeral services.

articles

Editorial

A thousand years

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

An autumn evening prompts reflection on numbering our days.

Article

Goodbye

by John Mundy

A eulogy for Ferrari Mundy (Winter 1989-Summer 2007).

Article

I was born in a small town

by Jill Blanche

A reflection on the passing away of an autumn tradition.

Article

Mother to mother

by Katie Houston

Thoughts on shifting roles in the latter years of a parent’s life.

Article

Organic Fuji

by Denise Frame Harlan

Comfort is in the particulars when you care for someone who’s ill.

reviews

Review

Recommendations

by Grant Elgersma

In a new series, a *cino co-founder offers short reviews of worthwhile art and media, This edition looks at the films God Grew Tired of Us and Into Great Silence, music from Kanye West and Common, and Last Train to Memphis, a book about Elvis.