catapult magazine

Items tagged home

• The ties that bind

  A teen-aged boy struggles with the many dimensions of what it means to be his brother's keeper as he cares for his mentally handicapped older brother.

• A lesson from the Smurfs

  cino*communities aim to inspire a more radical Christian presence in local communities through intentional living houses.

• Ain't nothin' noble about it

  A family finds a perfect home in a "changing" neighborhood.

• Commuting to Africa

  A North American woman finds home on a vast and colorful continent that inspires both incredible joy and difficult questions.

• A home for *cino

  A report on how the structure is progressing and how you can help with the next stages of building.

• Taking a deep breath

  Creating a home that is right respite for yourself and others.

• Somewhere in the middle

  When home is neither here nor there.

• Home on the road

  On the complex search for an earthly home.

• A home is not built in a day

  Practical advice for designing and building your own home.

• On home-building

  Building your own home can be a rewarding adventure when you apply your values.

• Building a family

  A family tree bears more than just skilled contractors.

• Sam the Cat

  Unexpected love and lessons from a stray.

• Searching for home

  A review of the film Garden State.

• Our towns

  *cino community members respond to questions about their hometowns.

• Having a ball in my hometown

  A local celebration provides an opportunity to reflect on love of place.

• Re-inventing the well

  Even as big boxes multiply, "neighborhood values" are becoming an important part of the national conversation.

• Death by ice or fire

  Life is a complicated game of Would You Rather? for a those who find pieces of home in two very different worlds.

• Needing home

  Will a place to lay my head ever materialize?

• One resource-full week

  A week-long natural resource calendar guides the whole family in resource education and analysis.

• Where are you from?

  On the journey from a place of worry to a place of contentment.

• Visiting Oz

  A fresh look at an old classic reveals reasons to revel and to critique.

• Slaying the monsters

  How do we process what comes from the generation before to benefit the next generation?

• Leaving home to go home

  A story of certainty and doubt on the path toward God.

• Top Ten re: learning tools

  An unschooling mom makes a list from experience.

• Alicante

  On the connection between place and identity.

• Simplify

  On what a closet-cleaning can teach about spiritual discipline.

• The miracle and tragedy of the yellow duckling

  Thoughts on growing up from one who is still engaged in the process.

• On packing boxes and planting roots

  Yet another move prompts consideration of the pros and cons of leaving.

• A place to be born

  Reflections on the character of creation in a greenhouse.

• Cycles

  A tour through the creation and destruction inherent in the process of finding home.