catapult magazine

vol. 8, num. 5 :: 2009.02.27 — 2009.03.13

Ash Wednesday ushers in a liturgical season of self-examination and reflection—a fitting time to engage in such activities, as well as remember past times of seeking identity and wholeness. As we look inward, we might also look outward: what is the state of “health care” in our society?

Feature

A meditation on two doctor’s appointments

by Grant Elgersma

A time of sickness becomes a time of revelation about the interconnectedness of body and spirit.

Editorial

Reworking the recipe

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

On seeking to address a sense of missing ingredients in inherited tradition.

Articles

Love breaks through

by Katie Boyts

An administrative assistant in an oncology clinic reflects on the system's approach to shalom.

Crashing Waves

by Joanna Shumaker

A long illness and healing process shifts relationships and conceptions of self.

Surrendering to receive

by Diane Nienhuis

On Lenten fasting as physical and spiritual preparation for the Easter celebration.

An ashy cross

by Carol Brennan King

On the complex relationship between symbols and practices of faith.

Ashes to...top three student?

by Deborah Leiter Nyabuti

Mixing metaphors on a holiday of metaphors in a class on...metaphors.

Be still and know

by Naomi R. Wenger

On the value of showing up for a time of silence.

Conversation: “Self Diagnosis”

by The *cino Community

Your opportunity to contribute thoughts about self-care of the body and soul.

Reviews

Renewal in the city

by Christopher Smith

A review of the book The Urban Homestead by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen.

Gallery

Remembering We Are Dust

by Neil E. Das

The Storm Within

by Neil E. Das

In case you missed it the first time

Gainful unemployment

by Peggy Deames

A resigned nurse learns to be still and value a new kind of productivity.

Eating violence

by Henry Bakker

Exploring the troubling origins of our identities as creatures who are what we eat.

The company we keep

by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Moving from anti-matter schizophrenia to an appropriate delight in things.

Weaving the web

Journey Into Wholeness: A Lenten Reflection Guide

Mustard Seed Associates

Resources for the five weeks of Lent for considering five kinds of brokenness—self, poverty, homelessness, pollution and disunity within the church.

Ash Wednesday Already

Killing the Buddha

A poem on mourning by Ashley Makar.

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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