catapult magazine

vol. 9, num. 15 :: 2010.07.23 — 2010.09.09

Many folks will take at least one vacation over the summer, but vacation can be quite different from retreat. Some people rarely or never feel inclined to go on retreat, while others can’t imagine going without them on a regular basis. On the who, what, where, when, why and how of stepping away.

Feature

To retreat, perchance to dream

by Jill Earl

On a time away that was abundantly productive -- in many senses of the word.

Editorial

Coming to a complete stop

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Can a rule of life turn a Martha into a Mary?

Articles

From “doing” to “communing”

by Joanna Shumaker

Recovering the practice of retreat in our lives and in our worship.

Reviews

A palace in time

by Ragan Sutterfield

A review of The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time by Judith Shulevitz.

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Retreating into the Fray

by Naomi R. Wenger

The "how" and "why" of taking a spiritual retreat.

Eight days of silence

by Phil Reinders

An account of a sabbatical retreat and an invitation to a firsthand experience.

Land of abundance

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Three Rivers, Michigan promises destinations for many kinds of pilgrims, including the reluctant ones.

Weaving the web

The Silence

The Atlantic

A short story by T.C. Boyle about a desert retreat, small miracles and tragedy.

Vacations

This American Life

Stories about vacations gone awry -- or perhaps vacations that never should have happened.

Pages Can Breathe

The Burnside Writer’s Collective

Russ Masterson on an insight gleaned through listening.

Columns

The curtain is torn, the closet is open

by Meredith Kathryn-Case Gipson Hoogendam

An interview with playwright and director Richard Peters on his latest work, David and Jonathan.

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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