catapult magazine

vol. 3, num. 9 :: 2004.04.23 — 2004.05.06

Writing and reading are essential for all of us, no matter what stage of life we find ourselves in. What are the challenges for those whose vocations deal with the written word? Why is literature important?

Feature

I Chronicles 14, and What Is God Asking Me To Do?

by Jeremy Huggins

How can a called writer patiently fulfill his monumental task?

Editorial

Off to the Festival we go

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Calvin College's Festival of Faith & Writing offers an opportunity to acquaint new writers and readers with catapult.

Articles

Writing life

by Laryn Kragt Bakker

Is the common idea that the writer "plays God" a valid comparison?

I am a writer

by Kate Bowman Johnston

On the sudden discovery of a vocation.

Wrestling with "Why?"

by Stephen Mitchell

What can be seen as extraneous is, indeed, essential.

Reviews

Goodbye, Babylon: Honey In the Rock

by Grant Elgersma

New box set of American gospel music seeks to save the lost.

daily asterisk

Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.

Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home

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