catapult magazine

Items tagged creation

• The delusions of a "single-family dwelling"

  A morning in the back yard with Squirt the cat reveals the community of nature.

• Remembering how

  A recounting of lately stumbled-upon wisdom regarding grace, redemption and forgiveness.

• Bird feeders

  On a simple discipline for learning to be still.

• From the ashes

  At opposite ends of the Lenten journey are two paradoxical reminders.

• On becoming an “artist,” pied beauty and art in community

  A talk and slide show from the author's recent photography exhibit.
  

• A revolution for our time

  Why we need sustainable building solutions now.

• Tale of two children

  What folk tales and the biblical narrative have to offer about the process of growing up.

• Life on the threshold

  The nature poetry of Liberty Hyde Bailey and the igniting of an urban imagination.

• See! There is a new creation!

  Why not?  After all, trees aren't just for kids.

• An overflowing theme

  Or "how I learned to stop worrying and love abundance."

• What I made

  Chronicling one week of creating something out of something by hand.

• The birth of the universe is not the cause of the world

  Concerning another kind of birth story: creation.

• Roxxxy the Sex Robot

  How what we believe shapes what we make and what we make shapes what we believe.

• The best part...may it overflow!

  On vocation and waking up with a sense of purpose.

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

  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.

• To retreat, perchance to dream

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

• RESET: The Poetry Series

  Announcing a 2011 commitment to create a poem an issue.

• Babies...nowhere?

  A reflection on the direction of the world, with reference to poets.

• Generations of ice

  A journey through the centuries to learn from that timeless teacher: the puddle.

• It lives forever

  A personal history of learning to appreciate art.

• Beyond critique

  Discovering the other pleasures of popular art.

• Second generation

  How (and why) to raise three-year-olds who love kohlrabi in season.

• Connecting the dots

  Tracing a life full of learning experiences.

• Returning to the end

  Exploring the theme of grief in Terrence Malick’s film The Tree of Life.

• Hope of autumn

  Pining for fall in the American South.

• The season of dying

  A short meditation on the brilliance of death.

• Experiencing God’s creation

  Would you rather be blind or deaf?  One response to a classic question.

• Ten reasons I believe in God ... and the devil, too

  Naming the evidence, large and small.

• Stuck in alleluia

  A song for the soundtrack of good times and bad.

• A Michigan Saturday is good for the soul

  Remembering a day full of grace after a busy week.