catapult magazine

Items tagged fear

• Serial snipers and taco targets

  In this particular season of ghost stories and haunted houses, the maze of fear is difficult to navigate.

• Scared by the screen

  In another self-interview, the author explores the film The Ring and role of horror movies in helping us examine our fears.

• The risk and reward of <I>Punch Drunk Love</I>

  Paul Thomas Anderson's most recent film bears his characteristic mark of authenticity revealed through exaggeration.

• Now what?

  Regardless of your perspective on the controversial filmmaker, Michael Moore?s Bowling for Columbine leaves important questions unanswered.

• Appropriately anxious or insanely cocky?

  How should we live as Christians in culture? A lesson from Paul and Silas.

• Overcome with Passion

  Why evangelicals need to get smart about movies.

• Afraid of becoming

  How do we stop from becoming the people we least desire to be?

• A Beloved Enemy

  To overcome pain and fear, we must first desire to let go of our suffering.

• Late-night thoughts on what it means to fear God

  An unfashionable concept deserves a fresh look.

• The abortion journals

  An account of overcoming fear of "the other."

• Stress

  How to take steps toward healing in community.

• Claiming our history in Lent

  Is fear of militant Islam related to a fear of our own collective Christian past?

• The great unknown

  On having the courage to choose our own adventures.

• Deep horror, deep hope

  Part one in a series of two articles on finding our way through modern horror film.

• Do not be afraid

  What does it mean to have no fear in the flock of the Shepherd?

• Whom shall I fear?

  On the difference between being afraid and having fear.

• Deep horror, deep hope

  Part two in a series of two articles on finding our way through modern horror film.

• Late night thoughts on necessities in the divine economy

  Abortion, homosexuality and the values nearest the heart of God.

• The unending quest for better

  A review of Richard Winters? Perfecting Ourselves to Death.

• "For they were afraid"

  Reflections on Mark 16.1-8, which recounts the visit of the women to Jesus' tomb.

• Late night thoughts on addiction as symptom

  A reflection that reframes the assumption that addiction is an illness.

• Top ten things I learned from my father-in-law about how to be a Christian for real

  A list honoring Vern Boerman, who passed away on December 21, 2006.

• In the difficult moment

  The mother of an infant girl struggles to stay in the present through crisis.

• An elegy for The Beach

  Reflections on the too-short life of Times Beach, Missouri.

• Prozac, Paxil, Nortriptyline--Go Noyeses!

  An exploration of how prescription medication can affect quality of life for a family.

• The good old days

  Nostalgia for the kind of community that used to be prompts questions about what we’ve really lost.

• Interrupting God

  Two conversions become reflected in two different lexicons and perceptions of language.

• Remembering hope

  With daily reminders of all of the reasons we have to despair, how can anyone possibly hold onto hope?

• The pursuit of happiness

  An attempt to make sense of childhood longings.

• Security for sale

  On quieting one’s own fears and keeping a house safe for two kids.