catapult magazine

Items tagged grace

• Sunshine after the storm

  A family endures a painful situation to discover the enduring beauty of God's grace.

• Incarnation and the image of God

  The mystery of the incarnation is not just a topic for philosophers and theologians--it initiated the transformation of our family tree as children of God. Iconography is one attempt to capture the mystery, but what can we discover by going straight to the Word?

• Sin, suffering and Generation X

  A new ministry seeks to meet the needs of Generation X by celebrating what we can never fully understand.

• Confronting brokenness

  A moment of public sorrow illuminates the difficulty of doing God's will in a fallen world.

• Visions of hope

  A review of The One-Room Schoolhouse: Stories About the Boys by Jim Heynen.

• A foot in both camps

  Some personal observations from a Lutheran adopted by a pretty cool bunch of Reformed folk.

• Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the power and efficacy of indulgences

  Are you a Protestant who's never read the ninety-five theses? Meet your homework.

• Telling time

  A series of meditations, stories and quotes on the nature of time, change, and grace.

• Growing family

  An Advent reflection on adopting and being adopted.

• Building a just house

  Should efforts toward the right to read what we want be eclipsed by efforts to ensure basic human dignity for our brothers and sisters around the world?

• Listening to literature

  A review of Speak What We Feel (Not What We Ought to Say): Reflections on Literature and Faith by Frederick Buechner.

• Learning from birds

  Wild, winged creatures manage to teach me who God is.

• Failure and hope

  On the challenge of assigning students a grade and the qualities of ?failure.?

• One is the loneliest number

  An exegesis of-sorts of II Timothy 4:9-18.

• Seeking truth

  Who are the gatekeepers of God?s truth?

• Love is a pile of rocks

  What the journey to the Promised Land teaches us about God and memory.

• Cynicism vs. gifts of grace

  On seeking genuine celebration during the holidays.

• Late night thoughts on friends as family

  What does the biblical narrative help us understand about these relationships?

• Choice cuisine

  What does it mean to truly ?eat well??

• Giving grace

  Forgiveness has healing power, with or without apologies.

• Choosing and being chosen

  Grace transforms the bad news of emptiness into a life-changing mystery.

• My son, Jacob

  A birthmother tells her story of sacrifice.

• Learning to breathe

  Simple lessons yield revelations about God and relationship.

• Willie

  Encounters with a neighbor in need raise questions of how to adequately meet the need.

• The death of a marriage

  Divorce is never God's intention for marriage, but there is still grace.

• More of myself

  Reflection on experiences that flow between the community and the self.

• What are you wearing?

  A meditation on the "uniforms" we choose for different situations.

• The unending quest for better

  A review of Richard Winters? Perfecting Ourselves to Death.

• Agrarianism after modernity

  An exploration of the religious aspects of environmental crises and solutions.

• Reincarnation

  What happens to us when we die?