catapult magazine

Being Bethlehem

by Jennifer Monroe

All creation is groaning...and someone has to push.

The Gospel of the Birth Story

by Jessica Groen

A reading that embraces the images of birth woven throughout the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.

Suffering the hap-happiest season

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

How can our Christmas rituals proclaim good news for sad people?

Upon a midnight clear

by Denise Frame Harlan

How a firstborn daughter arrived just in time for Christmas.

Birthing a dying child

by Janel Kragt Bakker

On wrestling with powerlessness in the wake of a baby's short life.

The birth of the universe is not the cause of the world

by Grant Elgersma

Concerning another kind of birth story: creation.

Breaking through

by Amy Jonason

On the terrible, wonderful mystery of entering the world.

To throw away or to keep

by Kim Gleeson

Being born again into a new identity yields more questions than answers, with a need to proceed.

High-risk pregnancy

by Alex Joyner

Christmas comes in July for Benita Gonzalez and the on-call chaplain.

Birthing wisdom in the place of brokenness

by Ellyn Wilkoff

On an image for practicing prayer that acknowledges what is and is not known.

I know I just met you, but I love you

by Matt Bell

Reflections on becoming a father.

New life

by Sherry Boykin

How hours of pain and anger broke through to love.

Expectancy

by Christina Crook

Two Piece

by Amanda Caldwell

Best laid plans

by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

A reflection on the reality of our limitations in family planning.

Death and birth

by Troy Cady

Reflections on becoming a parent.

Life Expectancy: On Not Praying for a Miracle

Christian Century

Dana Olson-Getty writes about coming to terms with her counterintuitive responsibility during a difficult pregnancy.

Winter of My Disbelief

Killing the Buddha

A. Wolf-Powers on struggling to conform before baptism.