catapult magazine

vol. 11, num. 13 :: 2012.06.22 — 2012.07.05

Many people and cultures throughout history have demonstrated willingness to privilege efficiency over other values like compassion, curiosity, beauty and stewardship. In what areas of our lives today is the “fast food” mentality most prevalent? What could convince us to slow down and savor the moment?

Feature

Fast food and forgetfulness

by Paul Chaplin

Can our eating habits really induce us to forget God?

In defense of fast food

by Tamara Murphy

A call away from snobbery and gluttony toward the ultimate feast.

Editorial

A side of patience

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Practicing community development on an eternal timeline.

Articles

Into the silence

by Matt Conner

A pastor reckons with a retreat averted.

For everything there is a season

by Kathie Evenhouse

On discerning when to practice efficiency and inefficiency.

Super Size my sanctification, please

by Renee Aukeman Prymus

Sometimes, life is like a shamrock shake.

Permission to slow down

by Lisa Van Engen

On the consequences of perpetual busyness.

Planting patience

by Amelia Rhodes

On planting dinner.

Fast food notion

by Jim Schmotzer

Confessions of a chronic fast eater.

A Michigan Saturday is good for the soul

by Hannah Thyberg

Remembering a day full of grace after a busy week.

Fast food fast track

by Bill Boerman-Cornell

Why going to college shouldn’t be like eating at McDonald’s.

Gallery

Friends in a Van

by Brett Foster

In case you missed it the first time

Seeking boredom

by Denise Frame Harlan

What happens when a child-like boredom meets adult busyness.

How are you?

by Amy Boerman-Cornell

On cultivating a new attitude toward the busier-than-thou game.

Weaving the web

24 hours at the Golden Apple

This American Life

An episode on what there is to be seen over the course of a full day in one place.

Better off: When things of the spirit come first

Geez Magazine

Christina Crook writes about the goodness of slowing down.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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