catapult magazine

vol. 6, num. 14 :: 2007.07.13 — 2007.07.27

Something changes when the weather gets hot. People emerge from their houses (and clothing) to gather at pools, beaches, open hydrants, lakes and rivers. On the issues and memories surrounding our summertime habits.

Feature

Sand sculpture and the body of Christ

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

An annual event on Lake Michigan is a lesson in community.

Editorial

Paradise wanted?

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Summer vacations past provoke reflection on a love-hate relationship with ‘perfect’ places.

Articles

Paddling through history

by Matthew Deames

A new hobby reveals a back yard full of stories and beauty.

The perfect body

by Katie Houston

On the dynamics of accepting one’s own body and teaching a teen-aged daughter to do the same.

Bay window

by Denise Frame Harlan

Home is where the beach is...for now at least.

The Lovin’ Spoonful

by Raymond Blanton

A reflection on the memories and art that recall sunny days and summer breezes.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

On mystery, curiosity and the Mediterranean sunbather

by Kelly Crull

A conversation between husband and wife about a curious European phenomenon.

Top Ten re: water

by Merrill Hodges and Angela Stewart

Such a powerful symbol appears often in our memories.

Why get FIT?

by Barbara Zielinski

On cultivating the connection between body and spirit.

Weaving the web

Free beaches

World Vision

Mexico City’s new mayor brings the beach to the people in a project that may make people question his sanity, but articulates his commitment to facilitate play for the poor.

When I Get to Key West

The Sun Magazine

An exerpt from a short story by Pat Macenulty.

‘Lord, What Shall I Eat? How Much Should I Weigh?’

Sojourners Magazine

A reflection for ‘beach season’ on healing our relationship with food by Laurel Ray Mathewson.

daily asterisk

Bread eaten together is daily sustenance. Bread eaten together is economic sharing. Not merely symbolically, but also in fact, eating together extends to a wider circle the economic solidarity normally obtained in the family…. In short, the Eucharist is an economic act. To do rightly the practice of breaking bread together is a matter of economic sharing.

John Howard Yoder
Body Politics

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