catapult magazine

vol. 10, num. 11 :: 2011.06.10 — 2011.06.23

Mental illness doesn't have the stigma that it did a century ago, but that doesn't necessarily lessen its impact on the lives of those who struggle with it personally or in relationship with others. Stories from within and outside of affected minds.

Feature

Mom guilt

by Rebecca J. Becker

Surveying 26 years of marriage, parenting and wrestling with depression.

The perfect husband I am not

by Tom Becker

Confessions of a spouse struggling with his own faults and his partner's depression.

Editorial

Finding good words in bad breath

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

On the effort to create spaces that welcome all people.

Articles

Understanding emotional sickness

by Brenda Kronemeijer-Heyink

A window into the mental lanscape of the emotionally unwell.

What I wish I'd known then

by Amelia Rhodes

Advice to a teen-aged self struggling with anxiety.

Coming to terms

by Zena Neds-Fox

Wrestling with the place of mental illness in the Christian life.

Out of her mind

by Carol Brennan King

Helping students find the way through the valley of mental illness.

Reasons

by Katie Houston

On parenting in the wake of a husband's suicide.

Reviews

Should we stay or should we go?

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A review of the film Of Gods and Men, directed by Xavier Beauvois.

Gallery

Healing

by MJ Gallagher

A prayer for my sister

by Jill Reid

In case you missed it the first time

Prozac, Paxil, Nortriptyline--Go Noyeses!

by Chris Noyes

An exploration of how prescription medication can affect quality of life for a family.

One very long moment

by Raymond Blanton

Sarah Polley's Away From Her explores themes of suffering.

Weaving the web

Are saints sane?

Killing the Buddha

If St. Francis came around today, would the church welcome, commit or excommunicate him?

The miracle you can have every day, Part 3: Exercise, depression, and the brain

The High Calling

L.L. Barkat writes on an alternative prescription for depression.

Depression and me

GreatFun4Kids

A collection of posts about a New Zealand woman’s journey through depression.

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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