catapult magazine

Items tagged healing

• Sculpting light and sound

  A film maker shares something of her journey to the art form and the works that journey has produced so far.

• Nearly forgotten ways of healing

  A paper on the spiritual tools of ethno-medicine--do they still have application today?

• Howling for the master

  A sermon on the search to discover genuine spirit medicine.

• The healing power of touch

  A muscle therapist learns the power of physical touch?or not touching?in the struggle between life and death.

• The abortion journals

  An account of overcoming fear of "the other."

• Bound by shame

  On the ability of the gospel?s messengers to bring healing to those who suffer from memories of sexual abuse.

• Giving grace

  Forgiveness has healing power, with or without apologies.

• Garret

  Sometimes our neighbor really is the person right across the lane.

• Healing place: a sketch

  A reflection on lives intersecting in unexpected spaces.

• Acting as if

  On a mother's struggle to care for herself and her children in the wake of a Lenten suicide.

• And heals all your diseases

  A sermon on Psalm 103 from a service of healing.

• Wonder-working power

  Can a concert be more healing than a visit to the doctor?

• Conversation: “Color Positive”

  Your opportunity to be a part of the conversation about race and racism.

• A meditation on two doctor’s appointments

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

• Crashing Waves

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

• Buoyant optimism

  A review of Happy-Go-Lucky, directed by Mike Leigh.

• A call to grace

  Why is the church often the last place people find acceptance?

• See! There is a new creation!

  Why not?  After all, trees aren't just for kids.

• Shades of joy

  A mother reflects on her children's faith journeys and the complexities of joy for Christian parents.

• Fog

  On learning to trust after life changes in a split second.

• Wedding photos (l-r): Joy, Pain, Forgiveness

  Snapshots from a second marriage ceremony, including what's outside the frame.

• Eating together

  A review of Harriet Brown's memoir Brave Girl Eating: The Story of a Family's Struggle with Anorexia.

• Reasons

  On parenting in the wake of a husband's suicide.

• Living in the tension

  Grappling with the meaning of pain and the suffering body.

• Shut up and dance

  On what dance can teach us about ourselves and about God.

• A prayer, a dream, a sacred space

  On spaces of encounter at the University of Toronto.

• A new normal

  Ten things I’ve learned about trauma.