catapult magazine

Items tagged guilt

• Confronting brokenness

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

• Creation and Christianity

  A review of The Reenchantment of Nature: The Denial of Religion and the Ecological Crisis by Alister McGrath.

• Denim sinner, coffeeshop Savior

  How true love meets guilt and shame one fateful, folk-filled evening.

• Claiming our history in Lent

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

• Beyond a reasonable doubt

  A Canadian court case provides a study in justice.

• The fellowship of the guilty

  ?By one man sin entered the world, and death by sin and so death passed upon all men.?

• Goodbye

  A eulogy for Ferrari Mundy (Winter 1989-Summer 2007).

• Thanks, Mom

  Confronting the inner child as an adult living in mom and dad's home.

• Moving in grace

  A time of transition yields lessons about identity and forgiveness.

• Bubbling over

  Joy tends to overflow to the point of sharing -- and yet sometimes it doesn't.

• Joy and…

  A difficult summer prompts reflections on the problem of joy.

• A happy waste of time

  Web sites that make you laugh...sometimes.

• Finding fact in fiction

  On trying to live out a costly vision after college.

• What a friend we have in guilt

  On falling in with the wrong crowd after a misstep.

• Pre-guilt and the suffering Herod

  A narrative glimpse into the historic mind of a regretful king.

• Put your whole self in

  Why confessing our pop culture secrets can be good for us.

• The body, broken

  A lament after a case of church burn-out.

• Morning snuggles

  A night owl overcomes guilt to find peace in the morning.

• The weight in Willie’s eyes

  What does one do when a panhandler shows up in the parking lot of the family business?

• In feast or fallow

  A reflection on the burdens -- and the delights -- of mindful eating.

• A difficult man

  What it's like to love someone with an impossible standard of perfection.

• Mom guilt

  Surveying 26 years of marriage, parenting and wrestling with depression.

• Coming to terms

  Wrestling with the place of mental illness in the Christian life.

• No apologies

  Naming and honoring the good desire for play time.

• Clutter, control and the freedom of simplicity

  The confession of a modest hoarder.

• Original sin

  Obedience and punishment through the eyes of a child.

• The too-good life?

  A sheepishly happy report from the suburbs.

• Therefore, put on the dress of joy

  A case for delight in dressing ourselves.

• The tug of “yes” and “no”

  On the joys and challenges of being a caregiver.

• Humans being

  Life lessons from a friend newly retired.