catapult magazine

vol. 9, num. 13 :: 2010.06.25 — 2010.07.08

Remember the feeling of getting out of school when you were a kid: the complete freedom of endless days with nothing to do except play in the yard? What do you remember most clearly about those days? On our childhood memories, but also what we’d change about the priorities of our adult lives…if we could.

Feature

In the moment

by Bruce Soderholm

Learning through all five senses at a home away from home.

Pine Trail Camp

by Jamie Janosz

On lessons learned at that most formative childhood institution: summer camp.

Editorial

A very *cino summer

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

A June's-eye view of what's coming up in the next couple of months.

Articles

When every day is Saturday

by Marie Lewis

No more teachers, no more books, no more...peace and quiet? Regular routines? Freedom?

Gallery

In case you missed it the first time

Merlino's cider

by Denise Frame Harlan

On the unseen variables and pleasant surprises of life's road trips.

Practicing Resurrection at Russet House Farm

by Peter Schuurman

A report on a community gathering to explore the role of sustainability in a life of Christian faithfulness.

Weaving the web

The Flourishing Church

Flourish

Transforming a church yard, one blade of grass at a time.

Notes from Camp

This American Life

Stores that attempt to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between camp people and non-camp people.

Audience Picks: 100 Best Beach Books Ever

National Public Radio

A list of beach reads for NPR-ish types.

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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