catapult magazine
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.
Feature
Funerals in Egypt
Exploring the contrast between Egyptian and North American funerals.
Christian funerals
A collection of ideas on the structure and purposes of funeral services.
Editorial
A thousand years
An autumn evening prompts reflection on numbering our days.
Articles
Goodbye
A eulogy for Ferrari Mundy (Winter 1989-Summer 2007).
I was born in a small town
A reflection on the passing away of an autumn tradition.
Mother to mother
Thoughts on shifting roles in the latter years of a parent’s life.
Organic Fuji
Comfort is in the particulars when you care for someone who’s ill.
Reviews
Recommendations
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.
Loving enough
A review of the film Away from Her by Sarah Polley.
Do not go gentle into that good night
An analysis of the film In the Valley of Elah.
Gallery
In case you missed it the first time
Late night thoughts on the perfect gift
Is there such a thing?
A good death
Reflections of a Hospice chaplain a few days later.
The death of a marriage
Divorce is never God's intention for marriage, but there is still grace.
Weaving the web
Simply stay
Valerie Weaver-Zercher explores caring for aging parents through Caring for Mother, a sobering book by Virginia Stem Owens.
Remembering Madeleine L’Engle
Professor Don Hettinga shares memories and an essay about the prolific author who passed away in September.
daily asterisk
I am holding half an acre
Torn from a map of Michigan
And folded in this scrap of paper
Is a land I grew in.
Hem
“Half an Acre”
from Rabbit Songs
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