catapult magazine

Items tagged creation

• Musings on an inefficient life

  Living life at the pace of a wood burning stove.

• The gifts of friends

  A walk through a through a gallery of creativity, love, encouragement, generosity and friendship.

• The language of imagination

  Examining the double-edged sword of imagination.

• Enough already

  A Holy Saturday lament over losses due to a new crude oil pipeline through the Hermitage and environs.

• The earth speaks

  The directors of the Hermitage Community give voice to the land in the face of impending upheaval.

• Counterspeaking contradictions

  On the paradoxes of lament and hope, destruction and creation, failure and commitment.

• A time to lament

  The back story and a liturgy for a series of services of lament held by Peace Christian Reformed Church in South Holland, Illinois.

• The sacrament of meat

  An excerpt from Eat With Joy: Redeeming God’s Gift of Food.

• Come further in, come further up!

  C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia offer a glimpse of the world to come.

• Authentic authority

  Running toward the truth that resonates deep within.

• Into the desert

  Searching for transformation in Joshua Tree National Park.

• What is art?

  High school creative writing students respond to the catapult prompt.

• A masterpiece

  Debunking the creative “haves” and “have-nots” from an early age.

• Creating room

  Experiencing, and making room for others to experience, the Holy in making art.

• Learning’s heartbeat

  Tracking down the origins of a persistent rhythm.

• Summer home

  A reflection on the powerful hold a cottage can have on our hearts.

• The words the earth spoke

  On learning the language of the land.

• Watermarks

  Washing dishes, putting in a fence, gardening, writing, playing music: a common thread.

• The work of hands

  Considering created things and the names of those who made them.

• Master brewing

  Lessons learned from the art of making beer.

• The flicker tree

  Remembering the many gifts of an old friend.