catapult magazine

Items tagged community

• The sound of transition

  A move to Pennsylvania from Michigan inspires a meaningful mix CD.

• Cycles

  A tour through the creation and destruction inherent in the process of finding home.

• Leaving the car at home

  An account of what happens when a family gets out of the car and hits the sidewalk.

• Route 6: Eastown/Woodland

  Looking for meaning on the number six bus.

• A sixty-mile wedge

  Two homes are better than one?

• I am a nerd

  On the freedom of claiming an identity that's not cool.

• Apple Walnut Cake

  A recipe for holistic community.

• How are you?

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

• Holy drinking

  On learning by observation how to defeat death with a cold beer.

• If life gives you gooseberries...

  An interview with Jeffrey Keefer about his first season of winemaking and the personal history that led up to it.

• Top ten meals in recent memory

  On the moments when the ritual of gathering for food transcends the elements themselves.

• A baker's dozen of the top ten rules for parenting

  In no particular order, the most important things one father has learned about raising children.

• Top ten art and faith events

  An overview of events worth penciling in to your 2007 and 2008 calendar.

• Eight days of silence

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

• Can Christianity be the new "punk"?

  A reflection on the purposefulness of reviews in catapult.

• Paint, politics and parents

  Approaching lead poisoning as an issue of environmental justice.

• Speaking in song

  A fascination with Sacred Harp singing is more than just a cultural curiosity.

• A day to remember

  Holy Week exposes a subtle cultural difference with significant implications.

• Surrounded on all sides

  Home is where the heart is, for better and for worse.

• The ABCs of fake family dining

  A family tours the alphabet by eating out.

• A good restaurant

  Memories and dreams inform criteria for what makes a restaurant good.

• Late night thoughts on food as sacrament

  On modeling Christ as a guest at the table.

• Stimulating imagination

  On finding the energy to change the world through environmental practices.

• Unwinding under the weeping willow

  On cultivating a space to relax with family and friends.

• Don’t talk to me about...anything

  What do we do when polite conversation has become taboo?

• Red light

  Living with overexposure to pornography and prostitution.

• Sand sculpture and the body of Christ

  An annual event on Lake Michigan is a lesson in community.

• Paradise wanted?

  Summer vacations past provoke reflection on a love-hate relationship with ‘perfect’ places.

• Forgiveness and responsibility

  Experiences with family and community reveal lessons about forgiveness and the ways in which we fight those lessons.

• Forgiving at church

  A story that demonstrates the need for forgiveness even within faith communities.