catapult magazine

vol. 9, num. 12 :: 2010.06.11 — 2010.06.24

Two months after our issue about marriage and weddings, we’re re-visiting the topic to explore more specifically the unique aspects of getting married again -- planning another wedding, blending families, combining possessions, healing from past hurts.

Feature

Wedding photos (l-r): Joy, Pain, Forgiveness

by Amanda Cleary Eastep

Snapshots from a second marriage ceremony, including what's outside the frame.

Editorial

A good witness

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A reflection on the role of the married people in the pews.

Articles

Second time around

by Leon Burt

On the (merciful) complexities of choosing moral positions within the context of human relationships.

My mom’s first date

by Jamie Janosz

A daughter's perspective on her young widowed mother's re-entry into the dating scene.

Fuchsia, plum, navy or none

by Katie Houston

The necessity of improvising on the path toward a second wedding.

Gallery

The Shelly’s

by Rima Campbell

Till Death Do Us Part

by Rima Campbell

In case you missed it the first time

Deep, dark hope

by Renee Swanson

A reflection on seeking promise after the death of a spouse.

Thanks for love

by Katie Houston

On discovering that perfectly imperfect someone.

The death of a marriage

by Barbara Zielinski

Divorce is never God's intention for marriage, but there is still grace.

Weaving the web

The Gospel According to Johnny Cash

Killing the Buddha

Jon Hooten on whether the Man in Black was our own personal Jesus.

The Sanctity of Marriage

This American Life

Stories trying to understand what actually happens in marriages during this time when the definition of marriage is up in the air.

Columns

The BP oil spill: A Christian call for lament and reconciliation

by Christopher Smith and Ragan Sutterfield

Resources for individuals and congregations to respond on June 20, 2010, the two-month anniversary of the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

daily asterisk

The essential question for the church is whether or not its prophetic voice has been co-opted into the culture of the day. The community of God’s people who are striving to remain faithful to the whole counsel of God’s Word will be prophetic voices crying out in the wilderness of the dominant culture of our day.

Walter Brueggemann
The Prophetic Imagination

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